After a tow truck operator from Green's Garage stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 795 in Reisterstown in January to help a motorist, she ended up needing a wrecker herself. A distracted driver veered off the road and hit her truck, causing nearly $10,000 in damage, according to Larry Green, owner of the Hampstead towing business and president of the Towing & Recovery Professionals of Maryland. The truck operator was not injured, Green said, but she and others face constant danger.
Green supports legislation before the General Assembly that would require motorists to move over when possible when driving past tow trucks stopped on the sides of roads with their lights on. The measure would expand Maryland's current "move-over law" — passed in 2010 — which requires drivers to move away for emergency responders. Violators would face fines of up to $500.