By Nov. 30, all Ohio roadways should contain signs informing motorists of a year-old law ordering them to change lanes or slow down when they encounter public-safety or law-enforcement vehicles on the sides of roads, officials said Wednesday.

        The state highway patrol, along with the Ohio Department of Transportation, announced in October that the signs would be put up because motorists continue to disobey this law, said Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. Gary Lewis..

        The law, which took effect in September 1999, requires motorists, when approaching stopped public-safety vehicles with lights activated, to slow down and proceed with caution. Motorists must safely change lanes away from the public-safety vhicle if traveling on multilane highways. If motorists cannot change lanes, or are on a two-lane highway, they must slow down.

        The law was enacted after the deaths of a Centerville police officer and a Washington Township firefighter Jan. 12, 1998. The two men were struck and killed by a motorist on Interstate 675, near Dayton as they helped with a motor-vehicle accident.

        Also, in May Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Perez was struck and killed by a motorist near Milan, during a roadside traffic stop.

        Kentucky has a similar law. Indiana does not.

        The violation, a misdemeanor, has a maximum fine of $100, Sgt. Lewis said.

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