The Harker Heights Police Department Special Operations Unit will be partnering with surrounding agencies on February 1, 2018 to conduct a county-wide “slow down, or move over” education and enforcement action along Interstate 14. Please remember, state law requires drivers nearing stopped emergency vehicles (with lights activated) to either slow down or change lanes. The law states a driver must either vacate the lane closest to the stopped emergency vehicle if the road has multiple lanes traveling in the same direction OR slow down 20 miles per hour below the speed limit (if the speed limit is below 25 MPH the driver must slow down to 5 MPH).
Please do your part and help protect your emergency workers!