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AAA-The Auto Club Group continues its “Move Over for Me” campaign, by sharing a new study that examines the risk of being on the roadside and the effectiveness of various tools designed to alert approaching drivers.

Most people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, exercise more, or stop a bad habit. AAA hopes Nebraskans will make it their resolution to improve road safety by moving over for vehicles that are stopped on the shoulder of the road.

AAA will be working to keep impaired drivers off the road during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend

AAA predicts 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving. That’s a 1.5% increase over 2021 and 98% of pre-pandemic volumes. 

AAA has long been an advocate for “Move Over” laws, requiring drivers to slow down and move over for emergency responders on the roadside, yet there continues to be an alarming number of fatalities. Nearly 350 people are struck and killed outside a disabled vehicle each year, and roughly a quarter of motorists don’t know that Slow Down, Move Over laws exist in their state.

AAA Lincoln will be holding a free Touch – A – Truck family event, this Saturday, to highlight public safety on the roadways and the importance of moving over for all vehicles on the roadside.

LINCOLN, NE (October 3, 2022) -- Nebraska Governor, Pete Ricketts, signed a proclamation today, declaring October 15, 2022 “Slow Down, Move Over” day across the state of Nebraska.

AAA - The Auto Club Group worked with community partners and the Office of the Governor on a proclamation to promote the protection of all motorists on the roadside in order to strengthen the existing “Slow Down, Move Over” law, Statute 61-6,378

LINCOLN, NE (October 3, 2022) -- Nebraska Governor, Pete Ricketts, signed a proclamation today, declaring October 15, 2022 “Slow Down, Move Over” day across the state of Nebraska.

AAA - The Auto Club Group worked with community partners and the Office of the Governor on a proclamation to promote the protection of all motorists on the roadside in order to strengthen the existing “Slow Down, Move Over” law, Statute 61-6,378

Although the summer travel season just came to an end, Nebraskans are already beginning to lock in their plans for the holidays.

OMAHA, NE, (August 12, 2022) — Nebraska roads are about to get more crowded - and hazardous - as thousands of students and teachers return to school. This time of year is particularly dangerous due to the combination of young inexperienced drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists who will all share the road in the early morning and afternoon hours.