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Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.090 - State Uniform Traffic Control - Driving on divided highways.

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Title XXIII   MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316   STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

316.090  Driving on divided highways.--

(1)  Whenever any highway has been divided into two or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use another roadway by official traffic control devices or police officers.

(2)  No vehicle shall be driven over, across, or within any such dividing space, barrier, or section, except through an opening in such physical barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover or intersection as established, unless specifically authorized by public authority.

(3)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 3, ch. 86-36; s. 115, ch. 99-248.

Last modified: November 21, 2006