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Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)

By Elyse Weintraub Brown, Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) otherwise by a law enforcement officer.
Community Education Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when On a two-lane roadway…Where
Specialist, Palm Beach you are driving on a local roadway, and you see DRIVING there is NO lane of travel in the same
County Fire Rescue BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other emergency vehicle with direction to merge over to, you are
(561) 616-7051 or lights flashing and sirens wailing on the way to an emergency? REQUIRED to slow down to a speed
ewbrown@pbcgov.org The Answer is …you must yield the right of way. When it is that is 20 miles per hour less than the
safe to do so, move over as close as reasonable to the closest posted speed limit. If the speed limit is 20
This message is edge of the curb of the roadway, clear of any intersection and miles per hour or less, you must slow down
brought to you by your then stop. When this happens on highways and interstates, to five miles per hour.
friendly Firefighters from rather than stop, slow down and then safely move over so that In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for
Palm Beach County Fire the emergency vehicle can pass. sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing
Rescue…. Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying amber
Every day firefighters and other emergency responders you are driving on a roadway with multiple lanes, and you see rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery or loading on
drive to emergencies. What’s more, oftentimes the a fire truck or rescue truck working an emergency ON THE the roadside.
emergency they are driving to is actually in the roadway. SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer is….When it is safe to do, Violating the Move Over Law can result in a fine and points
Although they are helping others and rendering aid, they merge away from a vehicle working on the side of the roadway on your license; and worse, because it puts rescuers, civilians,
are also at risk of being injured and killed on our roadways to provide an empty travel lane for the emergency worker. If and other motorists at risk of serious injury and even death.
by motorists. Help protect them…because if they can’t you are not able to safely move over, you must slow down to a For everyone’s safety, share the Move Over Law with others.
help you in your time of need…who will? speed of 20 MPH below the posted speed limit unless directed Help us…help You! 

The Divine Feminine Interventions from page 22 as muses in her daily
practice and as actual,
current issues, revealing deeper truths and fractured physi cal el ement s
identities, but are cloaked in charming tableaus.” within her assemblages
About the artist. Vickie Pierre is a multimedia artist, and installations. Her
born and bred in Brooklyn. She graduated from the School continued focus is on
of Visual Arts in New York in 1997. She currently lives the universal themes
in Miami. of identity with
Pierre has participated in exhibitions worldwide, references to design
including: National Museum of Women in the Arts (D.C.); and nature, alongside
Miami Art Museum (PAMM); Fredric Snitzer Gallery the interconnectivity
(Miami); White Box (N.Y.); Musee International des between her Haitian
Arts Modestes (France); Museo de Arte Contemporaneo heritage (including
(Puerto Rico); Polk Museum of Art (Lakeland); The King the larger Caribbean
Juan Carlos of Spain I Center (N.Y.); Los Angeles Art community) and global
Association; Museum of Art and Design (Miami-Dade); cultural mythologies,
Little Haiti Cultural Center (Miami); The Deering Estate whi l e consi deri ng
(Miami); and Locust Projects (Miami), among others. Her feminine and historic
artworks can be found in private collections and public tropes that are relative
institutions. to contemporary
The inspiration for Pierre’s work has manifested itself cultural politics. 
in years of collecting diverse materials that often serve

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