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KHP: "Move Over" to protect law enforcement

By Greg Bebermeyer

05/06/2022

Kansas Highway Patrol

(KNZA)--Troopers from the Kansas Highway Patrol will join agencies across the region to increase patrols and enforce “Move Over” laws this Mother's Day weekend.

The KHP, in a release, said one of the most dangerous parts of the job is stepping out on the side of the road, whether for a traffic stop, to help a driver, or to investigate a crash. Since 2017, 149 law enforcement officers have lost their lives in traffic-related incidents.

In an effort to protect more officers and first-responders, KHP said every state has “Move Over” laws that require drivers to slow down and, if safe to do so, move over when approaching stopped emergency vehicles with activated lights.

The Kansas Move Over law was signed into effect in May of 2000 and is known to many as the “Goodheart Law.” It’s named after Master Trooper Dean Goodheart who served with the Kansas Highway Patrol from 1972 until his death in 1995. On September 6, 1995, Goodheart was struck and killed in the line of duty while conducting a walk-around safety inspection of a semi-truck on Interstate 70 near Colby. The “Goodheart Law” was amended in 2006 to incorporate all emergency personnel, and road crews when flashing lights are visible.

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