Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
How this bill, if it had been enacted prior to the accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike shoulder would have averted the tragedy escapes me. How this bill, if enacted, will avert any future tragedies where motorists leave the road to hit vehicles and people on the shoulder also escapes me.
Seems to me to be an empty gesture to do "something" about a tragedy regardless if it is likely to have any positive impact.
In Missouri they passed that law a few years ago and put up signs all along every major roadway. I have seen a HUGE decrease in people passing right by an emergency vehicle. In fact I have not seen it since. RIght after the law was passed the troopers were working in pairs. One would make a traffic stop and the other would wait behind for someone to not move over then he would go pull them over as well.
I dont think we have had a trooper die since whereas the year before the bill was passed we had several get killed.
I think those laws work if they are well advertised.