Subject: / Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Now to my question on "Move it" or "Quick Clearance Law". We made an attempt about two years ago with previous administration and were unsuccessful. We are trying again and hoping that we can get a buy in from the legislators this time around. I am being asked 1) Which States currently have a "Move-it" law in place 2) What are the fines for violating the law (1st and 2nd offences) 3) Which States are working on such a law if they don't already have the law in place. Does anyone know where to find this information?
From: / "Pack, Michael" <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Dennis, Attached is a quick clearance study that was completed in 2009 by PennDOT. You can see any applicable laws specific to PennDOT and 6 other States that were surveyed for this effort.
From: / "Monroe, Douglas H ." <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Hey Dennis,
This is a link to our statute:
hapter_20/GS_20-161.html
It's in section f of GS 20-161
From: / "Gibson, Rebecca (DOT)" <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Hi Dennis, New York doesn't have the laws in place, but the attached document may be a good start... I've done some research in the past. I also have the 24 documents that some of those laws link to, but decided not to attach them here. I can send them separately if you'd like. Keep in mind I drafted this document about 3 or 4 years ago, so some of the info may have changed since.
From: / "Frank.C Horne" <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Dennis, Tennessee has two "quick clearance" laws which we use to enable us to open closed travel lanes as soon as possible. One law states that vehicles involved in a non-serious injury crash, the vehicle should be moved to a safe location out of travel lanes. This applies to divided, controlled access or interstate highways. Also, Tennessee has a law that allows law enforcement, department of safety or department of transportation official to immediately remove or cause to be removed any wrecked, abandoned, unattended, burned or partially dismantled vehicle, spilled cargo or other personal property from the roadway of a controlled access highway if the property is causing an obstruction or hazard. The laws are attached for your information. I hope this is helpful.
From: / Dhanesh Motiani <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Frank, Thanks for such a quick response. We also have the law where it provides immunity to agencies such as DOT to push vehicles, so now we are trying to get the minor fender bender move the vehicle by the driver law approved. Thanks for the info, it will help us as we create our version.
From: / "King, Chris" <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Dennis,
FHWA Office of Operations put out a couple documents a few years ago that may be good resources to start with.
Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Laws: A National Review of Best Practices - December 2008 It includes a detailed review of the purpose and intent, model language, observed content trends and anomalies, and implementation challenges and resolutions for Move Over, Driver Removal, and Authority Removal laws including specific examples from State legislation.
Educational Outreach for Safe, Quick Clearance (SQC) Laws and Policies
If there is anything we can do for you at DVRPC to help you out, just let us know.
From: / Alvin Marquess <>Subject: / Re: Move it or Quick Clearance Law
Dennis,
We do have a Move it Law in Maryland. It actually was an existing law on the books for years but just not called Move It until a few years ago. The penalties are $110 fine and 1 point, if it contributes to an accident it may increase to $150 fine and 3 points, and if it contributes to an accident which results in serious injury or death the fine increases to $750 and 3 points.