TRAA Leads the Charge: Highway Safety and the Move Over Law

When Amber Isn’t Enough: What We Learned from the Shoulder of Sylva Road

The shoulder of Sylva Road doesn’t offer much room for error—especially not when a tractor-trailer breaks down with its rear still protruding into an active traffic lane...

The Move Over Law Is Clear—But the Public Still Isn’t Getting the Message

The Move Over Law is written in plain language: when you see flashing lights on the roadside—whether from police, EMS, fire, or a tow truck—you’re legally required to slow down and move over...

TRAA’s National Push: One Voice, Fifty Laws, and a Life-or-Death Mission

In America, the road may look the same from state to state—but the laws that protect roadside responders don’t...

Why Highway Safety Depends on More Than Just Legislation

Legislation can mandate safer behavior—but it can’t manufacture a culture that respects it...

Cameras, Triangles, and a Tow Truck

There’s a strange psychological shift that happens when a camera appears on the roadside...

From Symbolic to Enforceable

For years, the Move Over Law lived in the space between suggestion and statute...

Struck, Broken, Forgotten

The numbers don’t lie. Every week, a roadside responder is killed somewhere in the United States...

Highway Safety Isn’t Just About Drivers

Too often, conversations about highway safety begin and end with driver responsibility...

Are Flashing Lights Still a Deterrent?

The amber flashers on a tow truck used to mean something...

The Move Over Law Means Nothing If No One Moves Over

It’s one of the simplest rules on the road...

TRAA’s Advocacy Isn’t Just Policy

For most Americans, highway legislation is abstract...

From Local Roads to Federal Floors

The farther you get from the roadside, the more diluted the urgency becomes...

Why Slowing Down Should Be as Automatic as Buckling Up

Buckling a seatbelt doesn’t require a second thought...

Lives on the Line

There’s no time for nuance when a vehicle’s on the shoulder and traffic is flying by at highway speeds...

It’s Time to Act

Real highway safety isn’t measured in policy—it’s measured in how people drive when no one’s watching...