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Delaware police focus on Move Over Law and Click It or Ticket this holiday weekend

Delaware Public Media
The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (DOHS) and First State law enforcement are teaming up to enforce Click It or Ticket and Move Over laws during the long Memorial Day weekend holiday.

The Memorial Day holiday weekend holiday is here, and Delaware’s Office of Highway Safety (DOHS) and local law enforcement are partnering to enforce the Click It or Ticket and Move Over laws.

This year’s regional Click It or Ticket campaign is adding an emphasis on the dangers first responders and roadway workers face while stopped on First State roads.

“The Delaware Move Over Law is in effect 365 days a year. But the reason why we had the May 16th Move Over Law Day this year, is because it’s a new initiative that we’re trying to bring about to raise awareness for the Move Over Law,” said Delaware Office of Highway Safety spokeswoman Cynthia Cavett.

She says many people will be driving this weekend and should move over into the next lane if they come upon law enforcement or first responders. Cavett adds drivers can be ticketed for not moving over.

 

Cavett says all 50 states have enacted Move Over laws, but still very few people know they exist.

“I’m not sure why they don’t know that it exists or that it’s important. But that’s why we’re trying to get the conversation going, to help the public understand that when they do see somebody on the side of the road with flashing lights, that they need to get into the next lane if possible,” said Cavett. 

Cavett says police will also look for drivers not wearing seat belts this weekend as part of Click It or Ticket, which runs through June 2, 2019.

 

“If you’re not buckling up, you are going to be cited for that infraction,” Cavett said.

Cavett notes seat belt use is estimated to have saved almost 70,000 lives nationally between 2013 to 2017.

 

Cavett reminds motorists it is the law in Delaware that drivers and front seat passengers buckle up.

 

Kelli Steele has over 30 years of experience covering news in Delaware, Baltimore, Winchester, Virginia, Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, California.