Move over law revamped
Heavy trucks and tractortrailers passing by in both directions on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township Tuesday provided the ideal backdrop for transportation and law enforcement officials to remind motorists to drive safely in construction zones.
“Highway safety awareness week is a good reminder to motorists that the most important thing about driving is safety for motorists and safety in work zones,” Sean A. Brown, PennDOT safety spokesman, said, welcoming the speakers and spectators to a press conference during National Work Zone
Awareness Week.
As the speakers advocated for safe driving, construction crews with H&K Group, based in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, are in the midst of a $270 million upgrade of a 10-mile stretch of the highway from exit 35 in Greenwich Township to the Lehigh County line.
The safe driving message was delivered on the first day of the enforcement of the Move Over law, which requires motorists to move over to the next lane at an emergency response area or slow to at least 20 mph less than the posted speed limit to avoid hitting police, fire and ambulance crews, road and utility workers, and tow truck drivers.