The move over law — Minnesota Permit Test
The move over law on the Minnesota permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The Move Over Law requires moving to the lane farthest from a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights, where it is safe.
A lane of space is the difference between a near miss and hitting the person standing in the road.
the “Move Over Law” requires you to move to the lane farthest away from the vehicle if it is safe to do so
Where you cannot move a lane away, or the road has one lane in your direction, slow down and pass with caution.
With one lane each way there is nowhere to move to, so the law asks for speed instead of space.
If you cannot move a lane away or are on a street or highway with only one lane in your direction, slow down and pass with caution.
Emergency vehicles covered by the Move Over Law include tow trucks, ambulances, fire trucks and police cars.
The tow truck driver hooking up a car is as exposed as the officer writing the ticket.
Emergency vehicles include tow trucks, ambulances, fire trucks and police cars.
The same rule applies to stalled or disabled vehicles and to parked service, maintenance, utility, construction, postal and recycling vehicles with warning lights on.
Anybody working beside a moving lane is in the same danger, whatever is written on the door.
You must follow the same rule when approaching stalled or disabled vehicles and when passing parked vehicles such as service patrol vehicles, road maintenance vehicles, utility company vehicles, construction vehicles, postal vehicles, or solid waste and recycling vehicles that are stopped with warning lights activated.
On the test
What does the Move Over Law require on a road with two lanes each way?
Moving to the lane farthest from the vehicle. A lane of space is the difference between a near miss and hitting the person standing in the road. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.44: “the “Move Over Law” requires you to move to the lane farthest away from the vehicle if it is safe to do so”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from