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Florida’s Expanded ‘Move Over’ Law Takes Effect Monday
December 30, 2023
Beginning January 1, Florida’s Move Over law expands to require motorists to move over for all disabled vehicles with flashers on stopped on the side of the road.
Starting Monday, motorists will have to provide space when disabled vehicles are stopped along the road while people are visible or things like emergency flashers are on.
The Move Over Law already required drivers to get out of lanes closest to stopped vehicles such as police cars, ambulances and utility trucks.
Violations will carry a fine of up to $158 for a noncriminal traffic infraction.
Moving over benefits everyone,” said Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Executive Director Dave Kerner. “Protect not only emergency, utility, and sanitation vehicles but also your family and loved ones by keeping your eyes on the road and moving over when you see a vehicle, including a disabled vehicle, on the side of the road. If you can’t move over, you should decrease your speed to 20 miles an hour and pass cautiously. Save a life and move over.”
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6 Responses to “Florida’s Expanded ‘Move Over’ Law Takes Effect Monday”
I sat here for like 15 minutes trying to think of a dumber Law and came up with nothing. Congratulations to The dummies that came up with this one. You deserve the reward you get for the dumb law. I don’t know what the reward is, but you certainly deserve it. Good on you for all the hard work of thinking this up.
I would really like to see FSP start giving hefty fines to those who “choose” to drive in the left lane on interstates! This has been a law for decades; however we have more entitled left lane drivers more now than ever. I still have hope that this will change with the help of Florida Highway Patrol’s help.
Well, if you don’t like the way I drive, then stay off the sidewalks. LOL.
Slowing to 20mph on an interstate is far more dangerous.
Drivers don’t do that NOW. Most drivers don’t pay attention now, they are to busy reading text, talking on the phone, ET.C.
As a retired semi driver, I always thought that semi driver’s were creating an Achilles heel by initiating this. Changing lanes was always the number one cause of accidents.
Coming around a bend,,bad weather etc and forced to make that lane change is absurd.