{"id":125464,"date":"2026-01-20T22:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125464\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:08:07","slug":"fort-myers-drivers-must-follow-expanded-move-over-law-for-safety-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125464\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers drivers must follow expanded move over law for safety | State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">FLORIDA, (WINK)\u2014January marks Move Over Month, highlighting the importance of the Move Over Law for road safety.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This law, initially enacted in 2002, was expanded in January 2025 to include all vehicles with hazard lights or flares lit, such as cars with flat tires.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The law requires drivers to move over one lane if it is safe to do so. If not possible, drivers should slow down to 20 mph below the speed limit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From 2021 to 2025, citations increased from nearly 15,000 to almost 20,000, indicating heightened enforcement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These crashes often occur due to distracted driving, impaired driving, or speeding. Sometimes drivers become fixated on the disabled vehicle and crash into it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For more on the Florida Move Over law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhsmv.gov\/safety-center\/driving-safety\/move-over\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides a helpful guide to help better understand the Florida Move Over Law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/move-over-its-law\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles published a press release explaining the move-over law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhsmv.gov\/2026\/01\/07\/flhsmv-urges-drivers-to-move-over-to-protect-those-who-protect-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLORIDA, (WINK)\u2014January marks Move Over Month, highlighting the importance of the Move Over Law for road safety. This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,914],"class_list":{"0":"post-125464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-state"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}