Do you have a "move over" law in your state?

[45ACP]

People should move over if it's possible and I think a public awareness campaign and an appeal to people's humanity would be good. But when big fines are involved and the police are out setting traps to pinch people not following this law, it may be counterproductive to the safety of the roadways, for both police and the travelling public.

I would agree with this. It should be common sense to move over if you can do so with complete safety, but I think making it a law with penalties may lead to some unintended consequences.

They could just make it against the law to crash into people with your car.

lol. or they could just make it illegal to hurt/kill people. Problem solved!

 

[HIMBOB]

Those speed limits aren't just for the workers on site, they're for everybody in their cars as well. Often in construction zones there are no shoulders, abrupt lane merges, tight curves, uneven pavement, things like that. So even if workers aren't present it's a more hazardous place to drive than a normal open road, and should have a little bit lower speed limit.

I agree there are zones where 45 is ridiculous though. And in those zones I've noticed nobody follows that limit anyway, and it's not usually enforced.

Oh I agree for those areas.

I am recalling a trip I did up a 2 lane highway, fully marked road, no witchshats on the side, no road plates, no merges it was a damn near perfect stretch of road.

I followed the speed limit of 40 (dropped from 110) for about a KM (just like everyone else) and then drove the rest of the I shit you not almost 5km of 40 zone at about 100.

Everyone did the same.

Of course its an extreme example, but highlights the issue.

 

[Phelly2]

Here in New Mexico we have that law.

And I might be mistaken but I believe you're supposed to slow down if you can't move over.