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Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)

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

Community Association Meetings Monthly Schedule By Steve Handwerker

(All meetings held via Zoom and in person.) Plastic as bags are
everywhere…in our
oceans, entangled
All meetings will be held electronically via Zoom and in person. The following is our regular schedule of monthly in trees/bushes, and
meetings, however, sometimes meetings are cancelled or schedules are revised due to holidays, etc. If you would like to overflow landfills. Each
attend, please call the BPCA office, (561) 395-7551, the day before the meeting to request the Zoom link be emailed to you. year, about 100 BILLION
plastic bags are disposed
Access Control & Safety Committee 2nd Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. of in the U.S. alone, with
over ONE TRILLION consumed worldwide.
Architectural Control Site Committee 1st Friday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Here are 5 major reasons to stop using plastic bags:
(1) they are made of nonrenewable resources and
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. contribute to disruption of our climate (polyethylene
is derived from crude oil and omits gasses) and healthy
Budget & Finance Committee The Friday before the third Tuesday of water. (2) Plastic bags never completely break down
each month at 9:15 a.m. unless they are made of environmentally friendly
substance(s). (3) Plastic bags kill wildlife and marine
life. Birds, turtles, and other animals mistake bags for
food and eat them causing suffocation! A dead whale
DEMAND FOR HOMES IN BOCA POINTE REMAINS STRONG! was found washed ashore and its stomach was filled
with 13 pounds of plastic waste. (4) Plastic bags are
harmful to human health, as microplastics end up in
I am working with buyers and renters who are motivated, serious, qualified, and our digestive system and food and water. This results
flexible! in physical toxicity. (5) Plastic bags are difficult to
4 A buyer is looking for a one-story home or a home with a primary recycle and can only be recycled with an expensive
process which involves clean bags only and most are
bedroom on the first floor in LA CORNICHE. not usable.
It is helpful to use cloth shopping bags whenever
4 Another buyer wants a condo with two bedrooms + a den or three possible and avoid buying water in plastic bottles but
bedrooms. rather utilize publicly available filtered or RO water
4 Buyers are looking for one-story single-family homes in Boca Pointe - or get your own machine to purify water rather than
one prefers no pool. using any plastic to purchase drinking water.
4 Several renters are hoping to find homes or condos that are available Steven E. Handwerker Ph.D. D.div, RM
furnished for the season and others want to rent unfurnished property Board Certified Licensed Psychologist
50 years experience
annually. www.IAAHW.org. REVISED. II
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