This law is complete B.S. I got ticketed for it months ago, I was already going 5 miles an hour under the posted speed limit and slowed another 5 before passing the officer, There was traffic so I couldn’t change lanes, I was ticketed because the Yukon in front of me made the officers car shake when it went speeding past. I drive a scion ( very small car ).
This is just another revenue generator. They can pull over and ticket anyone they want and it’s your word against theirs.

II.M 66 WHEN I TOOK BY DRIVER’S TEST IT WAS IN THE DRIVES MANUAL THAT WERE TO PULL OVER FOR EMERGANCY VICHICELS. MOST PEAPLE JUST DON’T CARE AND WILL NOT MOVE OVER WHEN THE SEE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS BEHIND THEM. IN FACT THE WAY WE WERE TAUGHT YOU WERE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND STOPWHEN EVER EMERGANCY VEHICHELS WERE COME AT YOU FROM EATHER THE FRONT OR REAR.

CHIEF L. F.
RETIRED NAVY

The law they refer to in the article pertains to stopped emergency vehicles at the side of the road, not vehicles in route

Hey Chief! Your Caps Lock key is stuck. You might want to fix that.

I agree with the gentlemen concerning a revenue generator. I believe our police departments have strayed far away from the from the words on most patrol cars ” To serve and protect” ! It should read today ” To Extort and dissimulation”!

Stop using the revenue generator excuse for your incompetence. Moving over for someone stopped on the shoulder is common courtesy. There are so many drivers in the metro area who seem to be so blithely unaware of general traffic laws. Get out of the left lane when not passing, get out of the right lane when there is someone stopped on the shoulder or trying to merge onto the freeway, learn how to signal, and stop cutting people off for absolutely no reason other than your desire to be in “front” at all times.

The lack of driving courtesy here is absolutely sickening. Police need to have more of these stings to stop this incompetence.

I to find it a resonable law but the enforcement is not always resonable. We still have an elitist attitude by many policeme. I am not sure why. it is one of the few job you get that pays 70k plus without any kind of significant degree. I think law enforcement can attract people with low self esteem who hunger for control and respect to provide them with some feeling or worth. In my experience police are seldom as intelligent as those they pursue, they just have lots of money and time to do it so succeed even though many are iincompetent

Spell check my friend

Right!? I was also thinking to “harass and abuse power”

Maybe if they spent more time looking for real criminals instead of fattening their pockets handing out frivalous tickets to good people, there wouldn’t be so many officers injured on the side of the road.

I’m shocked that so many posters think this law is solely to generate revenue, or a frivolous maneuver by the police and not real police work. It makes common sense that one move over for a police car on the shoulder of the road. We shouldn’t need a law to tell us that.

Did you even read the article before commenting?

In regards to the September 29, 2011 Mover Over Law article…I was one of the drivers stopped and cited for this operation yesterday…I agree with the CRS 42-4-705(2), however, I was unable to change lanes safely, as I just merged onto I-70 Westbound from Kipling…there were two motorbike officers parked on the right side of the highway, right on the fog line…they were only 300-500 feet beyond from where the merge lane ends…this was a lack of officer safety on their part and also having more than 12 motorbike officers amongst 5 different agencies within a 5 mile stretch of I-70 also caused more of a hazard to the officers and motorists driving that area on this day…I just merged onto the far right lane and then noticed the officers…I felt it was safer to maintain my lane and I reduced my speed down to a “reasonable” speed (as the statute states) and maintained visual contact with the officers…they stopped me for not moving over…the officer said he was educating drivers, but yet wrote me a citation for being safe about the officers putting themselves in unsafe conditions to begin with…I really believe the whole situation could have been dealt with on a more positive result…I really don’t agree with having a news crew riding along and the officers using this operation as making these cited drivers an example to everyone else…there are much better ways to educate the public than to write tickets!

By the way, I do care about and respect law enforcement for doing their jobs, of protecting and serving the general public, but when arrogance and egos get involved, unfortunately some officers don’t take the time out to look at both sides before writing a ticket…I know they have a tough job and put their lives at risk everytime they put on that uniform, but to be sitting along the road just to stop people for not moving over goes against officer safety…now, if the officers were dealing with an accident or had somone stopped along the highway, then I could understand the issue of emergency…as the above article states: “The Move Over Law requires drivers to move over a lane when there’s an emergency situation along the shoulder.” This was not an emergency situation yesterday, it was two motorbike officers parked on the fog line in front of a patrol car with its flashing red and blue lights on, with the intent to stop motorists for not moving over. Now, that situation puts the officers at a higher risk.

Greetings from Costa Rica…..,I really love Denver, such a beautiful state. You guys may feel better if you compare the fine you get here in C.R. with an $85 fine in Colorado. Here you may pay over $600 if u go 20 miles over the allowed speed limit.

You make a great point, but speeding infractions is completely irrelevant to this particular situation.