With roadways expected to be busy over the long weekend, OPP are reminding drivers of the ‘Move Over Law.’

An education and enforcement campaign will be conductedthis weekend and it’s getting support for the family of an OPP officer killed in the line of duty.

On June 7, 2000, OPP Sergeant Margaret Eve of the Chatham-Kent Detachment and two of her colleagues executed a high risk take down on a vehicle they suspected was involved in an armed robbery, near Windsor. The officers were interviewing the occupants on the roadside, moments after the officers discovered they were not involved in a robbery, a tractor trailer crashed into all three cruisers as well as the pulled over vehicle. Sgt. Eve was critically injured and airlifted to a hospital in London and died two days later. The other two officerssuffered serious injuries.

“Her accident was so preventable, and this is the hardest thing for my family to accept,” says Daughter Colleen Eve. “Remember that the men and women behind the wheel are also moms, dads, husbands, wives and daughters and they would all love to come home to their families at night.”

Police say Constables Michael Gula, James McFadden, John Gregovski and Charles Mercier have also died while attending a traffic-related incident on the side of the road.

“If I’m sitting there and they’re coming along in this lane and they don’t move over and that lane beside them is clear to move over, that’s what the frustrating part is,” says Constable Dave Sparrock.

Fines for not abiding by the ‘Move Over Law’ range between $400 and $2,000, and three demerit points.

According to OPP 763 charges have been laid so far this year.

OPP will also be looking to drivers to help keep roads safe over the long weekend by driving safety, wearing a seatbelt and by not driving impaired or distracted.