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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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