{"id":248741,"date":"2026-07-21T20:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:31:18","slug":"pa-state-police-announce-enhanced-patrols-to-protect-first-responders-and-stranded-motorists-pennsylvania-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248741\/","title":{"rendered":"PA State Police announce enhanced patrols to protect first responders and stranded motorists | Pennsylvania News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAZLETON, Pa.- Pennsylvania State Police announced they will step up enforcement of the \u201cSteer Clear Law.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The law requires drivers to move over or slow down at an emergency scene, traffic stop, or disabled vehicle to prevent injuries, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Officials said motorists who are passing or approaching an emergency response area must pass in a lane not adjacent to the area if possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Vehicles must pass the area 20 miles per hour below the speed limit if they cannot pass, according to the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Officers said motorists must follow the guidelines unless they are directed otherwise by an emergency service responder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The initiative will begin on July 18 and conclude on July 25, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Officials said Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia State Police will be participating in the initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">View the Commonwealth of PA\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Hyperlink SCXW180614043 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAZLETON, Pa.- Pennsylvania State Police announced they will step up enforcement of the \u201cSteer Clear Law.\u201d\u00a0 The law&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,106383,7356,6520,23193,4809,742,1753],"class_list":["post-248741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-emergency-response-area","tag-enforcement","tag-hazleton","tag-july","tag-lane","tag-law","tag-pa-state-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}