Today is National Slow Down Move Over Day.
CAA Atlantic, along with RCMP are teaming up to tell drivers to watch out for emergency vehicles and tow trucks on the side of the road.
Every province now has legislation that mandates drivers to slow down and move over.
Corporal Chris Marshall explains the law in Nova Scotia.
“You have to slow down to at least 60 kilometres per hour. If it’s a two-lane highway, you also have to move over if the lane furthest from the side of the road is available to you.”
Cpl. Marshall says this ensures emergency workers will be able to go home to their families at the end of the day.
He says there are reports of near misses constantly.
The CAA says nearly 100 tow truck drivers are killed every year after being struck by oncoming traffic.
