[cobrasnake]

Effective January 1, 2010 - if you are in the lane adjacent to an Emergency Worker/CHP officer (presumably with lights flashing), you must either pull over one lane or reduce your speed by 20 mph under the posted limit or risk a $754 citation and 3 points on your record. Fortunately I was only told about this by a friend (neither of us experienced it) and but confirmed it on Snopes.com.

AAA supports two new 'move over' laws. SB 159, authored by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), makes permanent California's "Slow Down and Move Over" law. When approaching an emergency vehicle or tow truck displaying emergency lights on the highway motorists must slow down and move out of the lane adjacent to the emergency vehicle, if it's safe to do so. Additionally, SB 240 authored by Rod Wright (D-Inglewood) expands the "Slow Down and Move Over" law to include Caltrans vehicles that are flashing amber lights. Effective January 1, 2010.

As is typical of these reports, there seems to be some question as to their truth. Can anyone provide more clarification??