Public Safety Announcement to be filmed Oct. 20 at MnROAD facility PSA aims to promote awareness of the Ted Foss “Move Over Law”

ST. PAUL, Minn. – On Tuesday, Oct. 20, motorists traveling on Interstate 94 between St. Cloud and Rogers may notice what appears to be emergency response to a crash at mile marker 198, the MnROAD research facility near Albertville.

Staff from the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety will stage an automobile crash on the test section of roadway at the MnROAD facility as part of a new public service announcement highlighting changes to the state’s Ted Foss “Move Over” Law.

The emergency vehicles may create the potential for a gawker slowdown in the area. Crews will arrive by 8 a.m. and should be finished filming by 5 p.m.

Minnesota’s Ted Foss “Move Over Law” requires motorists on multi-lane highways to move one lane away from emergency vehicles with flashing lights on the roadway or shoulder. The law now includes maintenance vehicles and Mn/DOT’s freeway service patrol, FIRST.

MnROAD is a pavement test track used to research materials and pavements to find ways to make roads last longer, perform better, cost less to build and maintain, be built faster and have minimal impact on the environment.