News Media - WFAA Move Over Story

. >> WE'RE BACK WITH ONE OF THE SCARIEST TEAMS OFFICERS FACE DAY AND THAT'S MAKING A SIMPLE TRAFFIC ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY'RE IN A VULNERABLE WHICH IS WHY TEXAS HAS A MOVE OVER OR SLOW LAW. BUT A SCOOP JEFFERSON REPORTS EVERYONE IS AT RISK WHEN DRIVERS DON'T ABIDE BY IT. >> WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TRAFFIC HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN ACCORDING TO POLICE. >> SECONDS AFTER RETURNING TO HIS SQUAD CAR, THE IMPACT THE OFFICER'S MIRROR ONTO THE HOOD OF THE CAR. >> THAT'S CAM SHOWS THE OFFICERS STOPPING PICKUP DRIVER. IT HAPPENED AUGUST 3RD ON INTERSTATE 30 AS A WHITE SETTLEMENT. >> POLICE WORKED AT TRAFFIC SAFETY. >> IT'S VERY NERVE WRACKING. >> HIS COWORKER, OFFICER LAUREN GONZALES REACTING TO THE VIDEO. >> VERY CLOSE CALL AND OFFICER WAS VERY LUCKY. IT WAS ONLY VEHICLE THAT WAS DAMAGED BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. WHITE SETTLEMENT IS PART OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO WORK TRAFFIC SAFETY WITH OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS. >> AND OFFICERS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES IN DANGER. WE NEED OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE NEED OUR TOW TRUCK DRIVERS. ANYBODY THAT'S WORKING TECH STOCK. WE NEED THEM TO BE SAFE. >> THE MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN LAW REQUIRES DRIVERS TO CHANGE LANES OR SLOW 20 MILES UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT NEAR STOPPED EMERGENCY VEHICLES POST OFFICE NOT TOO BAD. 39 WFAA SHADOWED OFFICERS DOING TRAFFIC SAFETY PATROLS. WE SAW MANY MOVE OVER BECAUSE OF THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS BUT. >> 105 WAS THE TOP SPEED. SO THAT'S CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE DRIVER IN THIS WHITE CAR FAILED TO MOVE OVER AND NEVER SLOWED DOWN. >> THAT'S 40 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CROSSED HILL, HE SAW THE LIGHT SO HE GOT DOWN TO 97. BUT IN THE SIDESWIPE INCIDENT. >> POLICE SAY THE DRIVER, HE WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. OFFICER GONZALES HOPES MORE PEOPLE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE MOVE OVER DOWN. LIKE THE DRIVER, SHE STOPPED. >> HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. SO I DID EDUCATE HIM AND. EDUCATION THAT COULD HELP STOP CLOSE CALLS AND EVEN LIVES IN WHITE SETTLEMENT. I'M SCOOP I ALWAYS JUST SHAKE MY HEAD WHEN I SEE A POLICE OFFICER ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD AND SEE PEO