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Florida Negligence Attorneys Track Governor Ron DeSantis Signing HB 425 in 2023 Expanding Florida's Move Over Law to Encompass Any Broken-Down Vehicle Even in the Absence of Occupants

Florida personal-injury attorneys tracked Governor Ron DeSantis's 2023 signing of HB 425, which broadened the state's Move Over law to encompass any broken-down vehicle, even in the absence of occupants, according to the firm Fight Negligence. The expansion was part of a comprehensive transportation bill that codified the new universal hazard-light duty.

Operator takeaway

Florida's law now treats every abandoned car on the shoulder as a Move Over trigger. Brief your team that abandoned-vehicle calls in Florida are now legally equivalent to active-recovery calls for passing-traffic duty.

Fight Negligence / Florida HB 425 · Published 2023-08-12 · Read original source →
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