Florida driving lesson · Highways, Parking, and Turning
The Move Over law
A 3-minute lesson from the Florida course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Workers and stranded drivers stopped beside the road are at great risk from passing traffic. Florida's Move Over law makes you either change lanes away from them or slow down sharply.
The Move Over law protects stopped vehicles such as:
Law enforcement and emergency vehicles
Tow trucks, sanitation vehicles and utility vehicles
Road and bridge maintenance or construction vehicles showing warning lights
Disabled vehicles showing warning or hazard lights
Vehicles using flares or emergency signs, or with people visibly present
2023 legislation (HB 425) expanded the Move Over law to disabled vehicles showing hazard lights, vehicles using flares or emergency signs, and stopped vehicles with people visibly present.
On a two-lane road posted 45 mph, a tow truck with flashing lights is on the shoulder. There's no lane to move into, so slow to 25 mph (20 below the limit) until you've passed it.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
On a multi-lane roadway, the Move Over Law requires you to do what when passing a stopped law enforcement vehicle with lights on?
Stop completely in your lane
Slow to half the speed limit only
Slow to 5 mph and stay in your lane
Move out of the lane closest to it
Answer: Move out of the lane closest to it
You must vacate the lane closest to the stationary vehicle when it is safe to change lanes.