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Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)

By Elyse Weintraub Brown, more, oftentimes the emergency they are emergency? The Answer is …you must yield the right of way.
Community Education driving to is actually in the roadway. When it is safe to do so, move over as close as reasonable
Specialist, Palm Beach Although they are helping others and to the closest edge of the curb of the roadway, clear of any
County Fire Rescue rendering aid, they are also at risk intersection and then stop. When this happens on highways
(561) 616-7051 or of being injured and killed on our and interstates, rather than stop, slow down and then safely
ewbrown@pbcgov.org roadways by motorists. Help protect move over so that the emergency vehicle can pass.
them…because if they can’t help you in Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when
This message is brought your time of need…who will? you are driving on a roadway with multiple lanes, and you
to you by your friendly Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) see a fire truck or rescue truck working an emergency ON
Firefighters from Palm Beach Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer is….When it is safe
County Fire Rescue…. you are driving on a local roadway, and you see DRIVING to do, merge away from a vehicle working on the side of the
Every day firefighters and BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other emergency vehicle roadway to provide an empty travel lane for the emergency
other emergency responders drive to emergencies. What’s with lights flashing and sirens wailing on the way to an worker. If you are not able to safely move over, you must
slow down to a speed of 20 MPH below the posted speed
limit unless directed otherwise by a law enforcement officer.
This Is Fact NOT Fiction from page 24 like mental confusion and memory issues. My favorite On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of travel
still remains the brain electric zaps. in the same direction to merge over to, you are REQUIRED
Now, you have entered the game show arena, Who doesn’t like electric pulsating zaps going to to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per hour less than
beginning with which side-effect will I get to their head at arbitrary times? This all sounds like really the posted speed limit. If the speed limit is 20 miles per hour
experience. I wonder will this medication actually fun to me. My clients did not enjoy this roller-coaster or less, you must slow down to five miles per hour.
help me? Why should you not be confused, you know ride, and they really wanted to gain control of their In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for
nothing more now, than you knew before. lives. They would shortly recognize things were not sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing
And if you are like most people, you will soon what they seemed. tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying
enter the game show, “Spin the Wheel” and let’s see They learned that Mental health is not the illusive, amber rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery or
just which medication you will land on next. This is event Most want you to believe. They became loading on the roadside.
how it will be, how many medications will you have to knowledgeable of their own situations, and conditions Violating the Move Over Law can result in a fine and points
“try” before finding one that only causes side-effects and how they got there. They realized Just like every on your license; and worse, because it puts rescuers, civilians,
you can bare. story, there is a beginning, middle and always more and other motorists at risk of serious injury and even death.
You will recognize they may work, you may begin than one possible end. For everyone’s safety, share the Move Over Law with others.
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