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Va. State Police cracking down on move-over violators
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by CJaye | September 14, 2008 at 03:56 pm
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Today on Interstate 264 in Virgina Beach,VA a State Tooper had a man pulled over for speeding. The driver pulled over to the left which has numerous block medians in the middle of the interstate. The driver asked the Trooper was it ok and was it safe to park there. The Tooper stated it was ok to park there long enough to write the ticket. The Tooper sat in his car started writting the ticket he no sooner that he got those words out of his mouth, a SUV plowed into his crusier and his cruiser plowed into the pick-up he had pulled over. When he ran to make sure everyone was ok the first thing he saw was the mother behind the wheel with her cell phone in her hand. She had her children in the back thank God nobody was injuried. The Trooper asked her what happened and she said she didn't know the last thing she remembered was talking on the phone! This women could have killed the Tooper the man in the pick-up and not to mention her three young kids in the back of the SUV. Charges were filed against her.
Va. woman charged after vehicle strikes officer
A Virginia Beach woman faces reckless driving charges after she drove into a State Police cruiser on Interstate 264.
State Police spokeswoman Michelle Cotten says 24-year-old Sabrina Farbor's eastbound vehicle drifted to the side of the road, where it struck the back of the trooper's car on Sunday afternoon. The trooper had stopped another vehicle for speeding near Mount Trashmore.
The trooper indicated Farbor was using her cell phone at the time.
source: wvec.com
Move Over, America
More than 150 U.S. law enforcement officers have been killed since 1997 after being struck by vehicles along America's highways, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. To lower that deadly toll, a new coalition of traffic safety and law enforcement groups is launching a nationwide public awareness campaign to protect emergency personnel along our nation's roadsides."Move Over, America" is a partnership originally founded in 2007 by the National Safety Commission, the National Sheriffs' Association and the National Association of Police Organizations. Most recently, the partnership has also received the full support of the American Association of State Troopers. The campaign is the first nationally coordinated effort to educate Americans about "Move Over" laws and how they help protect the law enforcement officers who risk their lives protecting the public.
According to a national poll by Mason Dixon Polling & Research, sponsored by the National Safety Commission:
source: http://www.moveoveramerica.com/
State police are looking for motorists who pass stopped emergency vehicles.
The crackdown follows a series of accidents in which passing vehicles hit and injured troopers.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Michelle Cotten says a trooper has been hit by a passing vehicle every month since April.
On July 26, two troopers were injured in separate accidents while working on a traffic safety initiative.
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CJaye
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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at 10:47 on September 16th, 2008
I have never had so much trouble trying to edit a story. I ask and ask over and over it's like talking to a wall!!!!! I might as well be talking to my dogs:)
Update September 16, 2008
Within the last two months in Hampton Roads, three Virginia State Police troopers have been struck while on patrol on Interstate 64 and Interstate 264.
The latest is Trooper Mark Walden, who was in his car Sunday on I-264 near Mount Trashmore in Va. Beach.
He says he’d just sat down after pulling over a speeding car.
The next thing he remembers is climbing out of his window.
“I saw a bunch of cars stopped and pulled over and then I looked at my rear and I could see my back end pushed up, so I called dispatch and said I'd just got hit,” Walden said.
The law requires driver to move over or slow down if they can’t change lanes when approaching an emergency vehicle on the side of the road.
In seven of the eight collisions, the trooper was seated inside the patrol cruiser when the crash took place.
http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_091608_move_over_law.807bd962.html
Virginia Move over Law Section 46.2-921.1 of the Code of Virginia states:§ 46.2-921.1. Drivers to yield right-of-way or reduce speed when approaching stationary emergency vehicles on highways; penalties.
The driver of any motor vehicle, upon approaching a stationary emergency vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-920, that is displaying a flashing, blinking, or alternating emergency light or lights as provided in §§ 46.2-1022, 46.2-1023, and 46.2-1024, shall (i) on a highway having at least four lanes, at least two of which are intended for traffic proceeding as the approaching vehicle, proceed with caution and, if reasonable, with due regard for safety and traffic conditions, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that occupied by the stationary emergency vehicle or (ii) if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe, proceed with due caution and maintain a safe speed for highway conditions.
Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the violation resulted in damage to property of another person, the court may, in addition, order the suspension of the driver's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for not more than one year. If the violation resulted in injury to another person, the court may, in addition to any other penalty imposed, order the suspension of the driver's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for not more than two years. If the violation resulted in the death of another person, the court may, in addition to any other penalty imposed, order the suspension of the driver's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for two years.
http://www.vsp.state.va.us/SlowDownMoveOver_VAcode.shtm
Video interview with Tooper Walden
http://www.wvec.com/video/index.html?nvid=283222
Corinne Geller | Virginia State Police | Public Relations Manager
Gave me permission to use the photo's of the State Police Cars also sent me the photo of the Tooper Walden's car.
at 06:29 on September 17th, 2008
ABC news is doing a segment on the Move over law with Charles Gibson. I sent him the picture of Trooper Walden car I hope he uses it.
at 07:07 on September 17th, 2008
I don't understand how anyone who isn't blindfolded can possibly miss those flashing lights.
at 10:30 on September 17th, 2008
Thank you for the flag and comment Jordan but the car didn't have flashing lights it was a unmarked car. I uploaded the picture of the Troopers car in the story it's the first one.
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d daniel (not verified)at 10:08 on April 25th, 2009
it should b for all vehicles