Florida Laws: FL Statutes - Title XXIII Motor Vehicles Section 316.001 Short title.
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316.525 Requirements for vehicles hauling loads.— (1) It is the duty of every owner, licensee, and driver, severally, of any truck, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer to use such stanchions, standards, stays, supports, or other equipment, appliances, or contrivances, together with one or more lock chains, when lock chains are the most suitable means of fastening the load, or together with nylon strapping, when nylon strapping is the most suitable means of securing the load, so as to fasten the load securely to the vehicle.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules with respect to the type and suitability of nylon strapping to be used in compliance with this section.
(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-229; s. 190, ch. 81-259; s. 236, ch. 99-248.
Note.—Former s. 316.280.
Sections: 316.455 316.46 316.500 316.510 316.515 316.516 316.520 316.525 316.530 316.535 316.545 316.550 316.555 316.560 316.565
Last modified: May 31, 2013
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