Pennsylvania Move-Over Law

What Pennsylvania requires

Pennsylvania's Ted's Law covers emergency response areas and any disabled vehicle with hazards, flares, or cones out (75 Pa.C.S. §3327). Move over a lane, or slow to no more than 20 mph under the limit if you can't. Fines climb $500, $1,000, then $2,000, with a 90-day suspension on the third. Hurt someone and add up to $1,000, up to $5,000 for serious injury, up to $10,000 for a death.

Who you move over for, and the fallback

• Move over for: Emergency response areas with police, fire, EMS, tow, and other responders showing lights, plus any disabled vehicle displaying hazard lights, road flares, or caution signs.
• If you can't move over: Move over to a lane not next to the response area. If that's impossible, illegal, or unsafe, slow to no more than 20 mph below the posted limit.
• Known as Ted's Law. License suspensions run longer, up to a year, if you seriously injure or kill a responder or a person in or near a disabled vehicle. Fines also double for other violations committed in a manned response area.

What a violation costs

$500 first offense, $1,000 second, $2,000 third or more, with a 90-day license suspension on the third. Add up to $1,000 for bodily injury, up to $5,000 for serious injury, and up to $10,000 for a death. 2 points.

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