(WSIL) The Move Over Task Force, formed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in 2019, delivered a report detailing their study of the causes of Move Over crashes and violations and proposing ways to protect law enforcement, emergency responders and all motorists.
The Move Over Law, also known as Scott’s Law, requires drivers to change lanes when approaching stationary emergency vehicles, including all highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights, and any stationary vehicle with their hazard lights activated. The law also states, if changing lanes is not possible or unsafe, drivers are required to proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle and leave a safe distance until they have safely passed the stationary vehicle.
The Springfield area is facing back-to-back nights of subzero temperatures along with dangerously cold wind chills this weekend.
The city could also obliterate Sunday s record for the lowest high temperature, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Daryl Onton. A high temperature of 4 degrees is predicted, with the current record standing at 15, set in 1943, Onton said.
The low temperature Saturday night into Sunday is predicted to be minus 6, with the low Sunday night into Monday at minus 7. Those could both approach record lows for those dates, both minus 10 and both set in 1905.
Brisk winds of 10 to 15 mph will mean wind chills of around minus 25 both nights, Onton said.
Updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the page currently shows that 22 cases of the United Kingdom variant have been identified in Illinois. No cases of the South Africa or Brazil