Highway Patrol focused on enforcing Florida's "Move Over" law

The Florida Highway Patrol will be focused strongly this month on enforcing Florida’s “Move Over” law.

That law is designed to protect law enforcement officers, emergency workers and tow truck drivers who are stopped along Florida roadways doing their jobs.

Since 1999, more than 200 law enforcement officers in the United States have died and thousands have been injured in crashes as a result of being on the side of the road doing their job and being hit by an oncoming vehicle.

Under the state’s Move Over law, Drivers must move over when a patrol car, emergency vehicle and/or tow truck is stopped on the side of a road with lights flashing.

If they cannot move over safely, drivers have to slow down to a speed of 20 mph below the posted speed limit.

Violating the Move Over law can result in a fine and points on your driver license record.

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