Move over laws — Kentucky Permit Test
Move over laws on the Kentucky permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Kentucky move-over laws require drivers to slow and change lanes when approaching a roadside incident.
The people working at the roadside have nothing between them and the traffic.
To lessen the problem, move-over laws have been enacted, which require drivers to slow and change lanes when approaching a roadside incident.
A Kentucky driver approaching an authorized emergency vehicle stopped on the roadside proceeds with caution by slowing and changing into a lane not next to it, if safety and traffic conditions permit.
A whole empty lane between the car and the people working is what the law is buying.
When approaching an authorized emergency vehicle stopped on the roadside, you should proceed with caution by slowing and yielding the right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not next to that of the authorized emergency vehicle if safety and traffic conditions permit.
If a Kentucky lane change is unsafe, a driver slows down and proceeds with caution while maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions.
Where there is no lane to move into, slowing down is what is left.
If a lane change is unsafe, slow down and proceed with caution while maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions.
Kentucky drivers must exercise due caution when approaching police or other emergency vehicles stopped on the shoulder of the roadway.
The duty applies to the shoulder as much as to the lane beside it.
Drivers are required to exercise due caution when approaching police or other emergency vehicles stopped on the shoulder of the roadway.
On a Kentucky four-lane highway a driver approaches slowly and moves into the left lane if it is safe to do so, and on a two-lane highway approaches slowly and passes with caution.
A two-lane road has no lane to move into, so speed is the only thing the driver can give.
On two-lane highways, approach slowly and pass with caution.
On the test
What do Kentucky move-over laws require?
Slowing and changing lanes when approaching a roadside incident. The people working at the roadside have nothing between them and the traffic. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.65: “To lessen the problem, move-over laws have been enacted, which require drivers to slow and change lanes when approaching a roadside incident.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kentucky Driver Manual, published by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KY.pdf (Kentucky Driver Manual, Kentucky State Police / Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, retrieved 2026-09-14; no edition statement in the document)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KY.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 8, folioMarker, nonLawPages, the extraction flag and knowledgeTestBasis, each with its basis)