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        Residents Are Registered on                                                                        Move Over LAW


        www.bocapointe.com. Are You?                                                                       (FS 316.126)


                                                                                                           By Elyse Weintraub Brown,
           If  you  have  never  registered  on  the  Community   web site Residents Only page and click on the “User   Community Education
        Association  web  site,  call Access  Control  for  our   Profile” link.                           Specialist, Palm Beach
        “Community Code,” then go to www.bocapointe.com.      Once you are a registered user, to log onto the web   County Fire Rescue
        Click on the “Not registered yet?” link right under the   site, you simply go to www.bocapointe.com and you will   (561) 616-7051 or
        log in box.                                      find the User name and Password boxes in the top right   ewbrown@pbcgov.org
           If  you  think  you  are  registered,  but  just  can’t   hand corner. Fill in your information, then click on the
        remember your User Name and Password, click on the   small blue forward arrow. The log in is “case sensitive.”     This message is
        “Forgot your password?” link and it will be mailed to      If you are a smartphone user, we now have a mobile   brought  to  you  by  your
        the email address you used when you registered.  version of the web site for your use that even includes   friendly Firefighters from
           Want  to  update  your  email  address  or  add  your   a Comment Form. Let us know what you think and   Palm  Beach  County  Fire
        mobile number to receive text messages? Go to the   give us your suggestions for improvements.    Rescue….
                                                                                                              Every day firefighters and other
                                                                                                           emergency  responders  drive  to
                                                                                                           emergencies.  What’s  more,
                                                                                                           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 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)
                                                                                                             Are  you  unsure  about  what  you  are  supposed  to  do
                                                                                                           when you are driving on a local roadway, and you see
                                                                                                           DRIVING BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other emergency
                                                                                                           vehicle  with  lights  flashing  and  sirens  wailing  on  the
                                                                                                           way to an emergency? The Answer is …you must yield
                                                                                                           the right of way. When it is safe to do so, move over as
                                                                                                           close as reasonable to the closest edge of the curb of the
                                                                                                           roadway, clear of any intersection and then stop. When
                                                                                                           this happens on highways and interstates, rather than
                                                                                                           stop, slow down and then safely move over so that the
                                                                                                           emergency vehicle can pass.
                                                                                                             Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when
                                                                                                           you are driving on a roadway with multiple lanes, and
                                                                                                           you see a fire truck or rescue truck working an emergency
                                                                                                           ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer is….When
                                                                                                           it is safe to do, merge away from a vehicle working on
                                                                                                           the side of the roadway to provide an empty travel lane
                                                                                                           for the emergency 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.
                                                                                                              On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of
                                                                                                           travel in the same direction to merge over to, you are
                                                                                                           REQUIRED to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per
                                                                        Scan for a FREE                    hour less than the posted speed limit. If the speed limit
                                                                     In Home Consultat on                  is 20 miles per hour or less, you must slow down to five
                                                                                                           miles per hour.
                                                                    VISIT OUR SHOWROOM                        In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for
                                                                          IN BOCA                          sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing
                                                                                                           tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying
                                                                                                           amber rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery
                                                                                                           or loading on the roadside.
                                                                                                             Violating the Move Over Law can result in a fine and
                                                                                                           points on your license; and worse, because it puts rescuers,
                                                                                                           civilians, and other motorists at risk of serious injury and
                                                                                                           even death. For everyone’s safety, share the Move Over
                                                                                                           Law with others. Help us…help You! 


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