GIVE WORK VEHICLES ROOM ON THE ROAD HISTORY LINES THE FLORIDA KEYS

FLORIDA’S MOVE OVER ACT PROTECTS PEOPLE WHO WORK ON HIGHWAYS

Bicentennial Banners Installed Along Power Poles

Keys Energy Services’ (KEYS) crews are protected by the Florida Move Over Act as they work alongside local roads and highways to power paradise.

On July 1, 2014, the act was amended to include utility service vehicles and sanitation vehicles on the list of public safety vehicles motorists must slow down or move over to protect personnel who work on roads and highways.

Under the law, motorists are required to:

• Approach law enforcement patrol cars, emergency vehicles, utility service vehicles, sanitation vehicles and tow trucks/wreckers with caution.

• Change lanes away from public safety vehicles if traveling on a multilane road and able to move over safely; or

• Slow down while maintaining a safe speed of 20mph below posted speed limits, being careful not to impede or block the flow of traffic unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.

Violating the Move Over law can result in a fine and points on your license. Specific provisions of the law are at leg.state.fl.us.

— Contributed

Andrew Rodriguez, an apprentice lineman with Keys Energy Services, installs a banner saluting the upcoming 200th anniversary of Monroe County on a Lower Keys power pole on U.S. 1. More than 80 banners were created by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council and are being placed on Florida Keys Electric Cooperative poles in Islamorada and Marathon with help of the Village of Islamorada and the City of Marathon. July 3, 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s 1823 founding of Monroe County, containing the entire Florida Keys island chain. KEYS ENERGY SERVICES/ Contributed