When you see a disabled vehicle on the sire of the road, especially if there is someone there working on it, it would seem the natural thing to do would be to move over.  If there is an open lane, you change lanes...if you only have one lane available, you move as far to the left as you safely can...RIGHT. You would think this would be just common courtesy, or at least common sense...But the problem is neither of those is all that common anymore! 

I was just out and it is raining here so the roads are wet with a little standing water.  I saw this rude, inconsiderate idiot come within inches of a guy changing a tire on the side of the road.  Not only did he just miss hitting the guy, but he soaked the poor guy by splashing water all over him as he passed.  Of course I caught up to the jack ass and flipped him off, but by the look on his face I don't think he even realized what he did.

As of January 1st, 2010, it is now a law in CA that when on the freeway(or any road, I imagine) that you must change lanes(when safe to do so) AND reduce speed when there is an officer making a traffic stop in the shoulder. I think the same applies for emergengy vehicles also(tow trucks, etc). It's a pretty hefty fine for this, & it's about time if you ask me & just plain common courtesy, like you said.

Yes, I agree, this is a courtesy that is so much out of practice. It is law now in most states to move over and/or slow down for emergency/service vehicles. Most OTR (Truck) drivers I know do this as a matter of course for any vehicle on the side. I know, I do.