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Archive Home > 2004 > December > 30 > Drivers must slow for police

Drivers must slow for police

Officers have been hit, killed by cars

By Cindy Powers / The Bulletin
December 30, 2004

Oregon drivers are now required by law to slow down when approaching emergency vehicles stopped along the side of the road.

Since 2001, 33 police officers nationwide have been killed by motor vehicles or struck while standing along the side of the roadway during a traffic stop. Two of those....

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