THIS IS…..CRASH RESPONDER SAFETY WEEK…..A TIME TO REMIND KENTUCKY DRIVERS THAT SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING OVER WHEN APPROACHING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE
OR DISABLED VEHICLE COULD SAVE LIVES….
THE COMMONWEALTH’S…..SLOW DOWN-MOVED OVER LAW…..WAS EXPANDED IN JULY 20-24 TO PROTECT THOSE STOPPED ON THE ROADSIDE….
DRIVERS MUST MOVE OVER A LANE IS POSSIBLE……OR SLOW DOWN…..WHEN APPROACHING A STATIONARY VEHICLE DISPLAYING FLASHING LIGHTS OR WARNING SIGNALS….
OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS IN KENTUCKY…..CRASHES INVOLVING EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT…..RESULTED IN MORE THAN 800 COLLISION….MORE
THAN 290 INJURIES AND SIX DEATHS…….
