Move over law — New York Permit Test
Move over law on the New York permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The Move Over Law requires every driver to exercise care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency or hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of the highway with its emergency lights activated.
A trooper beside a stopped car stands a step from the traffic lane. The law buys that step.
This law requires every driver to exercise care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency or hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of the highway with its emergency lights activated or one or more amber hazard lights activated or combination of one or more amber hazard lights and one or more blue lights activated.
Drivers must reduce speed when they encounter a stopped emergency or hazard vehicle, and on parkways, interstates and other controlled access roads with multiple lanes they must also move out of the lane next to it unless traffic or other hazards prevent doing so safely.
Speed and a spare lane are the two things that protect the person on the shoulder.
drivers are further required to move from the lane adjacent to the emergency or hazard vehicle unless traffic or other hazards prevent doing so safely.
Violations of the Move Over Law are punishable as a moving violation.
A moving violation puts points on a license. That is what makes the rule stick.
Violations of this law are punishable as a moving violation.
On the test
What does the Move Over Law require of a driver?
Care around stopped emergency vehicles. A trooper beside a stopped car stands a step from the traffic lane. The law buys that step. New York State Driver's Manual, p.35: “This law requires every driver to exercise care to avoid colliding with an authorized emergency or hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of the highway with its emergency lights activated or one or more amber hazard lights activated or combination of one or more amber hazard lights and one or more blue lights activated.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New York State Driver's Manual, published by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.