Page 30 - Boca ViewPointe - December '20

Page 30, Viewpointe December 2020
Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)

By Elyse Weintraub Brown, you are driving on a roadway with multiple to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per hour less than the
Community Education lanes, and you see a fire truck or rescue posted speed limit. If the speed limit is 20 miles per hour or less,
Specialist, Palm Beach truck working an emergency ON THE you must slow down to five miles per hour.
County Fire Rescue SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for
(561) 616-7051 or is….When it is safe to do, merge away sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing
ewbrown@pbcgov.org from a vehicle working on the side of tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying amber
the roadway to provide an empty travel rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery or loading on
This message is brought lane for the emergency worker. If you are not the roadside.
to you by your friendly able to safely move over, you must slow down to a speed of 20 Violating the Move Over Law can result in a fine and points
Firefighters from Palm Beach MPH below the posted speed limit unless directed otherwise by on your license; and worse, because it puts rescuers, civilians,
County Fire Rescue…. a law enforcement officer. and other motorists at risk of serious injury and even death. For
Every day firefighters and On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of travel everyone’s safety, share the Move Over Law with others. Help
other emergency responders drive to emergencies. What’s more, in the same direction to merge over to, you are REQUIRED us…help You! 
oftentimes the emergency they are driving to is actually in the
roadway. Although they are helping others and rendering aid,
they are also at risk of being injured and killed on our roadways Transponder Trouble?
by motorists. Help protect them…because if they can’t help you
in your time of need…who will?
Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) TRANSPONDER FEES
Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when you
are driving on a local roadway, and you see DRIVING BEHIND The transponders that you use to gain entry through the gates work off of batteries. The batteries are built into the
YOU a fire truck or other emergency vehicle with lights flashing device and cannot be replaced. At the end of their life, the entire device must be replaced. Most of our devices have
and sirens wailing on the way to an emergency? The Answer been in use for over five years now and are beginning to fail. If your device is no longer working properly, it may be
is …you must yield the right of way. When it is safe to do so, time for you to purchase a new one. Replacement devices are sold at the discounted price of $50. Please call for an
move over as close as reasonable to the closest edge of the curb appointment (561) 395-7551. Driver's license and vehicle registration required. 
of the roadway, clear of any intersection and then stop. When
this happens on highways and interstates, rather than stop, slow $75.00 - New transponder
down and then safely move over so that the emergency vehicle $50.00 - Replacement transponder
can pass. $5.00 – Transponder plastic holder
Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when **Homeowners, tenants and club members will be issued a transponder to the village they reside in and into the
Boca Pointe Club if they are a member**

Attention ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT
All Residents! CHECK or MONEY ORDER ONLY • NO REFUNDS ARE ISSUED

Please keep
garage
doors closed.
Your security
begins at home!

On behalf of The Club at Boca Pointe we would like to
remind our residents that NO walking, running, bicycle
riding or dog walking is permitted on the golf course or
golf cart paths. For safety reasons, the paths
are for golf carts only.

Thank you for cooperating with The
Club's policy. 

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