1/30/09-Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill into law that requires drivers to maintain a safe distance and reduce speed before passing emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles parked by the road with their lights flashing.
Previously S180, the new law now in effect requires drivers to merge into a lane farther away from emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles with red and blue lights, if practical. On two-lane highways, drivers are required to reduce speed before passing.
Failure to obey the rule would result in up to $500 fines.

Click here to read the 2008 legislative updates for S180.