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Oklahoma Move Over Law Laws (2026)
Info: Oklahoma requires you to move over for any stationary vehicle displaying flashing lights — including an ordinary motorist with hazard lights on, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Turnpike Authority maintenance vehicles, Highway Patrol and local law enforcement, and emergency vehicles or wreckers.
Oklahoma requires you to move over for any stationary vehicle displaying flashing lights — including an ordinary motorist with hazard lights on, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Turnpike Authority maintenance vehicles, Highway Patrol and local law enforcement, and emergency vehicles or wreckers. Move into a lane that is not adjacent to the stopped vehicle; if no additional lane exists, proceed with due caution and slow to a safe speed for the road, weather and traffic conditions. The law was expanded to cover all flashing and hazard lights by Senate Bill 89, effective Nov. 1, 2019; a violation may result in a fine.
Official source: oklahoma.gov →
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Move Over Law in states bordering Oklahoma
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- ArkansasInfo
Arkansas requires you to move to the farthest lane or position away from any authorized vehicle stopped or parked on a street, road, highway or shoulder, and to stay there until you have safely passed. …
Verified Jul 29, 2026 · Source: dps.arkansas.gov · Full Arkansas rule →
- ColoradoInfo
Colorado requires you to move over at least one lane for any vehicle stopped on the roadside with lights flashing — emergency responders, tow trucks, maintenance vehicles and ordinary passenger vehicles with their hazards on (the law was expanded in 2023). If you cannot move over safely you must slow down: to 25 mph or less in a 40 mph zone, and by at least 20 mph in a 45 mph or higher zone. Failing to move over or slow down is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense — a $150 fine and a 3-point license violation.
Verified Jul 29, 2026 · Source: csp.colorado.gov · Full Colorado rule →
- KansasInfo
Kansas requires you to move over a lane for stopped emergency vehicles, or to slow down if you can't. A 2025 law (SB 8) expanded it to cover any stalled or disabled vehicle showing hazard lights.
Verified Jun 18, 2026 · Source: ksrevisor.gov · Full Kansas rule →
- MissouriInfo
Missouri requires you to move over a lane for stopped vehicles displaying red or blue lights, or amber or white lights — emergency, tow, utility and Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) vehicles. If you can't move over, slow down.
Verified Jun 18, 2026 · Source: revisor.mo.gov · Full Missouri rule →
- New MexicoInfo
In New Mexico, when you approach a stopped emergency, recovery or repair vehicle displaying flashing emergency or hazard lights: if it is reasonably safe, move into a lane that isn't next to it and slow to a reasonable and prudent speed; if changing lanes isn't safe, slow to a reasonable and prudent speed, proceed with caution and be prepared to stop. …
Verified Jul 26, 2026 · Source: nmlegis.gov · Full New Mexico rule →
- TexasInfo
Texas requires you to move over a lane, or slow to 20 mph below the posted limit, for stopped emergency, tow, utility and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) vehicles with their lights activated. See Transp. Code 545.157.
Verified Jun 18, 2026 · Source: dps.texas.gov · Full Texas rule →
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