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Speaker 1: It's the law in Massachusetts, drivers must pull over to

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Speaker 1: let police and other emergency vehicles with lights flashing pass by. Now,

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Speaker 1: the Massachusetts Senate has voted to expand the moveover law

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Speaker 1: to include any vehicle on the side of the highway

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Speaker 1: with lights flashing or a flare burning.

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Speaker 2: There are, oftentimes to disabled vehicles on the side of

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Speaker 2: the road utility workers Sadly too many deaths and serious

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Speaker 2: accidents over the years. We're hoping by expanding it to

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Speaker 2: those vehicles that we'll be able to change driver behavior

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Speaker 2: and create a safer atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: Senator Brendan Crichton says the intent of expanding the moveover

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Speaker 1: law is to protect not just police sit emergency workers,

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Speaker 1: but anyone stopped along the side of the highway.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully this could change behavior and keep both our drivers safe,

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Speaker 3: but also our law enforcement and first responders and our

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Speaker 3: utility workers as well.

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Speaker 1: The proposal now all waits to vote in the House.

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Speaker 1: After the Senate gave its approval, the state eight House

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Speaker 1: Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's news radio