Drivers are now required to "move over" or "slow down" when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is stopped on a Florida highway. When driving on highways with two or more lanes traveling toward an emergency or law enforcement vehicle with emergency lights activated, drivers must vacate the lane closest to the vehicle as soon as it is safe to do so. On two-lane roadways, drivers must slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit when the limit is 25 miles per hour or greater, or travel at five miles per hour when the posted speed limit is 20 miles per hour or less. Motorists should follow these rules unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer. 

FHP is initiating a wave of enforcing the Move Over law from June 23 to June 29, 2008, during which law enforcement agencies will issue warnings to violators for the first four days of the wave, then citations during the last three days.

The Move Over Act was passed in 2002 by the Florida Legislature to address the number of emergency officials struck by oncoming traffic while on the road.  According to FHP, from 1996 to 2000, motorists in Florida crashed into working law enforcement vehicles that were stopped or parked along Florida roadways 1,793 times, resulting in five deaths and 419 injuries.