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Quoted: I wish more people would take another lane when they see ANYbody on the shoulder.. Us truckers do most of the time... Utah has LAW that says you will slow down and move over for them. I think other states do.. How the fuck do you get black-and-white fever THAT bad that you actualy HIT a PARKED car...
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Texas has a law that requires you to vacate the lane or slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit when any emergency vehicle is on the shoulder with it's overheads on. Despite the media campaign when the law was enacted, 99.9% of the public never heard of it.
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Yep.
§ 545.157. PASSING AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY
VEHICLE. (a) On approaching a stationary authorized emergency
vehicle using visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections
547.305 and 547.702, an operator, unless otherwise directed by a
police officer, shall:
(1) vacate the lane closest to the emergency vehicle
when driving on a highway with two or more lanes traveling in the
direction of the emergency vehicle; or
(2) slow to a speed not to exceed:
(A) 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed
limit when the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour or more; or
(B) five miles per hour when the posted speed
limit is less than 25 miles per hour.
(b) A violation of this section is:
(1) a misdemeanor punishable under Section 542.401;
(2) a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 if the
violation results in property damage; or
(3) a Class B misdemeanor if the violation results in
bodily injury.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code or
the Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or
under both sections.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 327, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.