October 18, 2025 is National Move Over Day - Remember that State Law requires drivers to create a safety zone for stopped law enforcement, emergency and maintenance vehicles.
To help safeguard law enforcement officers, emergency responders, road maintenance workers, and others who work on the side of highways, Wisconsin has a "Move Over Law" (Wis. Stat. s. 346.072). https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/346/ii/072
The law requires drivers to shift lanes or slow down in order to provide a "safety zone" for a squad car, ambulance, fire truck, tow truck, utility vehicle, or highway maintenance vehicle that is stopped on the side of a road with its warning lights flashing.
Drivers have two options for creating a safety zone:
- If the road has more than one directional lane, like the Interstate, and you can switch lanes safely, you must move over to vacate the lane closest to the law enforcement or other vehicle with its lights flashing.
- If the road has a single directional lane or you can't safely move over, you must reduce your speed.
Watch this short PSA: Every Driver Makes a difference:
https://youtu.be/5CXf1oUMeOo?si=S2oZuwUvtsJN1kul
Let's keep everyone safe October 18th and every day of the year.