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'Move over' law could get stiffer penalty

A sign on the New York State Thruway

Photo credit: AP | A sign on the New York State Thruway alerts motorists to a new law that took effect on Jan. 1, 2011, requiring them to move over for stopped emergency and law enforcement vehicles. (Jan. 3, 2011)

Drivers in New York who seriously injure or kill a police officer parked by the side of the road because they fail to move over to another lane would face prison sentences as long as 4 to 7 years under a new bill proposed Friday.

State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick) recommended the two new felonies one day after a truck driver, who last year struck and killed a Nassau County police...

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