Campaign slows motorists

State troopers who are inches from possible death when motorists race by them during traffic stops along Indiana's roadways have begun a ticketing campaign to convince them to slow down.\nThe "Move Over" campaign began Friday on the sixth anniversary of the death of Trooper Andrew Winzenread, who was struck by a tractor-trailer in 1997 as he helped a stranded motorist along Interstate 74 near Greensburg.\nThree other troopers have died since 1995 after being struck by vehicles during traffic stops.\nLawmakers tried to make the roadsides safer by passing a "Move Over" law in 1999, which requires drivers to slow down and switch lanes when approaching a stopped emergency or maintenance vehicle.\nYet many Hoosiers have never heard of that law.\nThey got a reminder Friday thanks to the new enforcement campaign, in which officers first ticket drivers for speeding and then hand out tickets to drivers who fail to yield to the pulled-over cars.\nAlong Interstate 65 near Merrillville, Master Trooper Darryl Young, who drives an unmarked, high-performance Camaro, parked discretely along an exit ramp Friday looking for right-lane drivers refusing to yield to pulled-over cars and police cruisers.\nMunster resident Stan Slazyk was among those pulled over for violating the law. Young said he watched Slazyk fail to brake for a cruiser with flashing lights.\nSlazyk said he couldn't imagine why he was pulled over. He looked at the information sheet Young gave him and sat in disbelief while waiting for his ticket.