Conn. Trooper
New member
Aguila is correct. There is no law enacted just to make money. Usually laws are enacted in direct respone to complaints from citizens, towns, whatever. Our latest was actually created after several Troopers were hit on the highway. The legislature saw this and created a "Move-Over" law, where if you could safely move out of the right lane when emergency vehicles were on the shoulder, you were required to. There are big signs all over the highways about the new law saying move over for vehicles stopped on shoulder. Think anybody does it? Nope, very very few actually do. I wrote three tickets for this the last day I worked on the highway. One guy had almost a half mile of free left lane and stayed in the right lane and almost ran over the wrecker guy that was towing a car for me. I stopped him and asked if he was aware of the new law and he said he was. I asked him why he didn't move over, as he had an entire half a mile of left lane open, and he had no answer.
Did I think, "Wow, that's some big fines for the state!!" Hell no, I said i can't believe that dude didn't move over and almost clipped the wrecker dude. Didn't even think about the fine amount. I had to look it up because I had no clue what the fine for that was.
Did I think, "Wow, that's some big fines for the state!!" Hell no, I said i can't believe that dude didn't move over and almost clipped the wrecker dude. Didn't even think about the fine amount. I had to look it up because I had no clue what the fine for that was.