Do you move over?

I move over unless traffic conditions prohibit it. If I can't get over I slow down.

 

They always park under an overpass or just over the crest of a hill,
Heck I needed to read the Qualcomm today, so I stopped in an actual truckstop, even though there was a perfectly good shoulder right beside me, and everyone will move on over.

 

I was in Perrysburg a year ago on the '75 N to Toledo . . .saw a disabled driver. Come to find out, he had a diabetic attack; no tri's and no flashers. Engine running; right blinker on. Hmm. My wife was with. She said "let's check that out, wtf..." and we did. After we moved over, doubled back correctly on the ramps, another driver was there too, by that time. It was quite an ordeal, but at least a driver or two may have saved the life of another. Had he tried to exit his truck in his medical state, with No-one moving over . . . yeah.

 

I do when it's reasonable to do so. But the other day I could not move over due to traffic along side and this lady who was proceeding down the on ramp let me know her displeasure with the situation as she bared down on her horn as she braked hard at the end of the ramp to fall in behind.

All I could do was shake my head and laugh a little.

 

Yup, we just had a safety meeting this morning. Lane departure and blinker usage were a couple of the topics covered. The general theme went into the gutter after that.
Since it seems that its all our fault that few 4 wheelers even seem to know if there vehicle even came with them as an option when they bought the car in the first place.

 

if I can move over, then absolutely.... but, in the event of not being able too, I slow down substantially!!

 

Move over when I can or slow down unless it's tagged and far from the fog line, not all shoulders are created equal and in some case the vehicle on the shoulder is more than 10' from the roadway.

What amazes me is how many don't seem to see what's going on up ahead until they're right on top of it.

 

If possible, and sometimes even if it's not possible, I'll move over. Years back, co-worker was broke down on the side of the road, road service was with him, idjit didn't move over and hit them, think I might have documented it on here. Road service employee and co-worker were injured, idjit that hit them I think was cited for careless or something similar. Last summer another co-worker got a ticket in Wyo. for not moving away from or slowing enough for a couple of Wyo. troopers that were stopped on the shoulder of US 20/26, one of the troopers chased him almost 10 miles and gave him a $100+ fine, he tried to argue that he couldn't change lanes due to oncoming traffic, trooper said you should have slowed even further, had him on radar at 45 mph (65 zone) as he passed by.

Personally, if it's that tight of a road where I can't move over, I'll kick my engine brakes on high (even though they are quiet, there is still some noise to them), and I'll slow as much as I reasonably can (screw traffic behind me, they can pass me if they don't like it). If I can move away, I'll be all the way in the other lane as I go by. Recently had a Colo. trooper on a traffic stop on US 34 outside Akron, Co., as I went by, he was walking back to his car, there was no oncoming traffic, my whole truck was in the oncoming lane as I went by, he gave me a brief wave of thanks, I'll do the same for highway workers and road service people.

 

It's the law in 43 states to move over for law enforcement on the side of the road.
Move over or slow down to 20 mph below posted speed limit.

http://www.moveoveramerica.com/Move-Over-Law-Protect-Officers.html

 

I thought the thread was about moving Over for truck drivers stopping on the shoulder instead of a rest area or truck stop to tinkle