RCMP remind drivers to slow down, move over

The Lloydminster RCMP is reminding drivers as of Sept. 1, when they see tow trucks, emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles or snowplows stopped with their lights flashing, they must slow to 60 km/h (or less if the speed limit is lower) in the adjacent lane. You should also move over a lane if it’s safe to do so.

To help enforce these changes, fines and demerits will be applied for unsafe behaviours when passing roadside workers and snowplows. Failure to comply with the rules can result in:

“I didn’t have someone tell me what to do. It’s my own thing. I actually have really bad ADHD, so as soon as someone tells me I have to do something, I don’t want to do it,” explained Mudryk.

Ryan acted as her beta reader, giving her the thumbs up.

“He loved the story.

- a $243 fine and three demerit points for failing to slow down to the maximum speed limit when passing stopped roadside workers.

- a $243 fine and three demerit points for failing to allow other drivers to move into a traffic lane farther from

He would read it chapter by chapter, shared through OneDrive, so when he was away he could read and give me notes,” said Mudryk. She wrote the book with a Word document, formatted and edited it herself and published it through Kindle Direct Publishing.

She’s also more comfortable being called an a stopped emergency vehicle, tow truck or roadside work vehicle. author now than she was in her first book when she would just brush it off and say ‘no, no, it was just something I did for me.’

- A fine of $324 and three demerit points for unsafe passing of snowplows.

For more information on these new safety rules, please visit Roadside Worker Safety at Alberta.ca.

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“But this one, I am taking pride in it because it was something I worked hard at. I probably spent hundreds of hours writing it and formatting it. I’m proud of my work,” said Mudryk.