CHP Warns to Avoid Pulling Over on Highways [VIDEO]

San Mateo County CHP Officer Art Montiel sat down with Patch to explain why it's dangerous — and illegal — to pull over on highways.

It's a subject many have been thinking about, as the Peninsula saw two fatal crashes in a period of two weeks recently involving cars that were pulled over on the freeway.

Two died in the first crash and three people were killed in the second, for a total of five deaths. Several others were also injured.

The . A family of six — two parents and their four daughters — were traveling on Highway 101 in Palo Alto coming back from a shopping trip in Gilroy when their vehicle crashed into a CHP car assisting a broken-down truck that had pulled over onto the shoulder. Two of the sisters were killed, and the remaining survivors are still hospitalized.

. A man in a Volkswagen hit a Lexus that was pulled over on the shoulder due to a flat tire. Three of the four people in the Lexus were killed.

Watch our video to see what Officer Montiel suggests are the safest courses of action if an emergency arises and you need to pull over on the freeway.

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