OMG yes. It isnt really a hard concept but people want to be ignorant or dont take the time to look into what the law says thats what we get. Traffic jams and accidents becasue people cant just use common sense. And technically the article is not accurate saying we must slow down and move over… the law only says move over and/or obey traffic devices/signals (section 1110/1128 part).
So slowing down well bellow the flow of traffic once again, is actually an offense; 1181.
§ 1144-a. Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or
standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle. (a) Every
operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding
with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or
standing on the shoulder or any portion of such highway and such
authorized emergency vehicle is displaying one or more red or
combination red and white lights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
two of subdivision forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of
this chapter. For operators of motor vehicles on parkways or controlled
access highways, such due care shall include, but not be limited to,
moving from a lane which contains or is immediately adjacent to the
shoulder where such authorized emergency vehicle displaying one or more
red or combination red and white lights pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph two of subdivision forty-one of section three hundred
seventy-five of this chapter is parked, stopped or standing to another
lane, provided that such movement otherwise complies with the
requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, the
provisions of sections eleven hundred ten of this title and eleven
hundred twenty-eight of this title.
(b) Every operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid
colliding with a hazard vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on
the shoulder or on any portion of such highway and such hazard vehicle
is displaying one or more amber lights pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph three of subdivision forty-one of section three hundred
seventy-five of this chapter. For operators of motor vehicles on
parkways or controlled access highways, such due care shall include, but
not be limited to, moving from a lane which contains or is immediately
adjacent to the shoulder where such hazard vehicle displaying one or
more amber lights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph three of
subdivision forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of this
chapter is parked, stopped or standing to another lane, provided that
such movement otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter
including, but not limited to, the provisions of sections eleven hundred
ten and eleven hundred twenty-eight of this title