isn't this common sense?
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isn't this common sense?
I was driving around Illinois last year for some family stuff, and saw lots of signs that said if I hit a construction worker, I'd be fined $25,000 and go to jail for 13 years. Seems to me that IL is pretty hardcore serious about protecting the workers on their roads... sad that people will still be indifferent.
Interesting, I wonder what the other 10 fatalities not related to workers were attributed to.
It's a setup
did we miss the part where I said:Revenue game? Move the **** over, simple as that.
andPhreakV said:I'm all for the law
I'm all for getting over. I do it and never even knew about the law (its not a law in MO to my knowledge).PhreakV said:I get over for emergency vehicles, etc
unless the fine goes directly to the family of the worker/officer that got injured its a revenue game past $500-$1000 dollars.
This is just a warning about something that happened to a friend of mine.
She was driving on I-88 in the right lane. She was not speeding. There was an Illinois Police car sitting in the right shoulder with the lights on. The officer was sitting in the car and there was no one pulled over.
She continued in the right lane and passed him. She was immediately pulled over by the cop and cited for violating "Scott's Law" which I found is a law that requires you to move over (if possible) to the left lane if an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road.
She pleaded ignorance of the law but was given a ticket and was assigned a Mandatory court date for which she appeared. She spoke to the judge and he asked her if she wanted a trial. She said that she could not testify that she did not commit the violation but that she was unaware of the law. She pleaded guilty and was fined $100.00.
She thought that was it.
Two weeks later she received a notice from the Secretary of State that her license has been suspended for 3 months because of this violation. She spoke to the Secretary of State office as no one ever mentioned that she would lose her license. As expected, they did not care and if she wanted a hearing on the matter or a hearing to ask for a license to drive to work, she could expect a hearing date in about 3 months.
Just wanted to warn everyone about this. I was not aware of this law although I usually move over anyway. Apparently, in 2007, the state police issued a record number of tickets for this offense.
from IL Sec. of State:
Scott's Law, 625 ILCS 5/11-907(c), mandates that upon approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, when the authorized emergency vehicle is giving a signal by displaying alternately flashing red, red and white, blue, or red and blue lights or amber or yellow warning lights, a person who drives an approaching vehicle shall:
proceed with due caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the authorized
emergency vehicle, if possible with due regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a highway having at least 4 lanes with not less than 2 lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle.
proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintain a safe speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe.
Move the **** over. Seriously, what's the problem? If you can't, and they know it, you're not gonna get pulled over for it. This shouldn't even be a second thought, and nobody should be complaining about this.
If you don't agree, go park on the shoulder of 294 and get out. Stand next to your door. Enjoy.
I have a question. Is this just an Illinois state law or is it applicable nation wide?