Emergency Vehicles

TDLR: Motorists Must Slow Down or Move Over for Tow Trucks and Emergency Vehicles Stopped on the Roadside

AUSTIN – Drivers traveling for the July Fourth holiday should remember that state law requires them to slow down or move over when tow trucks and other emergency vehicles – police, fire, EMS and highway response trucks – are stopped on the side of the road with their lights activated.  Texas traffic laws require drivers to leave the lane closest to the emergency vehicles stopped on the road (if the road has more than one lane […]