Florida Statutes Title XXIII Chapter 316 - State Uniform Traffic Control

• 316.001 - Short Title.
  This chapter may be known and cited as the “Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135.
• 316.002 - Purpose.
  It is the legislative intent in the adoption of this chapter to make uniform traffic laws to apply throughout the state and its several counties...
• 316.003 - Definitions.
  The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context...
• 316.006 - Jurisdiction.
  Jurisdiction to control traffic is vested as follows:(1) STATE.—The Department of Transportation shall have all original jurisdiction over all state roads throughout this state, including those...
• 316.007 - Provisions Uniform Throughout State.
  The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority...
• 316.0075 - Operator Use Of Commercial Mobile Radio Services And Electronic Communications Devices.
  Regulation of operator or passenger use of commercial mobile radio services and other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle is expressly preempted to the...
• 316.0076 - Regulation And Use Of Cameras.
  Regulation of the use of cameras for enforcing the provisions of this chapter is expressly preempted to the state. The regulation of the use of...
• 316.008 - Powers Of Local Authorities.
  (1) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the...
• 316.0081 - Request Regarding Traffic Signals Or Other Traffic Control Devices.
  To ensure the safe and efficient operation of this state’s roadways, a county or municipality must respond to a request by a county or municipality...
• 316.0083 - Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program; Administration; Report.
  (1)(a) For purposes of administering this section, the department, a county, or a municipality may authorize a traffic infraction enforcement officer under s. 316.640 to issue...
• 316.00831 - Distribution Of Penalties Collected Under S. 316.0083(1)(b).
  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or any county or municipality authorized to issue a notification and impose a penalty under s. 316.0083(1)(b)...
• 316.0085 - Skateboarding; Inline Skating; Freestyle Or Mountain And Off-road Bicycling; Paintball; Definitions; Liability.
  (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage governmental owners or lessees of property to make land available to the public for skateboarding, inline skating,...
• 316.027 - Crash Involving Death Or Personal Injuries.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Serious bodily injury” means an injury to a person, including the driver, which consists of a physical condition that...
• 316.0271 - Yellow Dot Critical Motorist Medical Information Program; Yellow Dot Decal, Folder, And Information Form.
  (1) The governing body of a county may create a yellow dot critical motorist medical information program to facilitate the provision of emergency medical care to...
• 316.061 - Crashes Involving Damage To Vehicle Or Property.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property which is driven or attended by...
• 316.062 - Duty To Give Information And Render Aid.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or other...
• 316.063 - Duty Upon Damaging Unattended Vehicle Or Other Property.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle which collides with, or is involved in a crash with, any vehicle or other property which is unattended, resulting in...
• 316.064 - When Driver Unable To Report.
  (1) A crash report is not required under this chapter from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of such...
• 316.065 - Crashes; Reports; Penalties.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any persons or damage to any vehicle or other...
• 316.066 - Written Reports Of Crashes.
  (1)(a) A Florida Traffic Crash Report, Long Form must be completed and submitted to the department within 10 days after an investigation is completed by the...
• 316.067 - False Reports.
  Any person who gives information in oral, electronic, or written reports as required in this chapter, knowing or having reason to believe that such information...
• 316.068 - Crash Report Forms.
  (1) The department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for crash reports as required in...
• 316.069 - State To Tabulate And Analyze Crash Reports.
  The state shall tabulate and may analyze all crash reports and shall publish, annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon as to...
• 316.070 - Exchange Of Information At Scene Of Crash.
  The law enforcement officer at the scene of a crash required to be reported in accordance with the provisions of s. 316.066 shall instruct the...
• 316.071 - Disabled Vehicles Obstructing Traffic.
  Whenever a vehicle is disabled on any street or highway within the state or for any reason obstructs the regular flow of traffic, the driver...
• 316.072 - Obedience To And Effect Of Traffic Laws.
  (1) PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER REFERRING TO VEHICLES UPON THE HIGHWAYS.—The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the operation of vehicles and bicycles and the movement...
• 316.073 - Applicability To Animals And Animal-drawn Vehicles.
  Every person driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except...
• 316.074 - Obedience To And Required Traffic Control Devices.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of this...
• 316.0741 - High-occupancy-vehicle Lanes.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “High-occupancy-vehicle lane” or “HOV lane” means a lane of a public roadway designated for use by vehicles in which...
• 316.0745 - Uniform Signals And Devices.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices for use on the streets and highways of the state. The uniform...
• 316.07456 - Transitional Implementation.
  Any traffic infraction detector deployed on the highways, streets, and roads of this state must meet specifications established by the Department of Transportation, and must...
• 316.0747 - Sale Or Purchase Of Traffic Control Devices By Nongovernmental Entities; Prohibitions.
  (1) It is unlawful for any nongovernmental entity to use any traffic control device at any place where the general public is invited, unless such device...
• 316.075 - Traffic Control Signal Devices.
  (1) Except for automatic warning signal lights installed or to be installed at railroad crossings, whenever traffic, including municipal traffic, is controlled by traffic control signals...
• 316.0755 - Pedestrian Control Signals.
  When pedestrian indicators are installed, such indicators must conform to the requirements of the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135;...
• 316.076 - Flashing Signals.
  (1) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:(a) Flashing...
• 316.0765 - Lane Direction Control Signals.
  When lane direction control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane or lanes...
• 316.077 - Display Of Unauthorized Signs, Signals Or Markings.
  (1) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be...
• 316.0775 - Interference With Official Traffic Control Devices Or Railroad Signs Or Signals.
  (1) A person may not, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic control device or...
• 316.0776 - Traffic Infraction Detectors; Placement And Installation.
  (1) Traffic infraction detectors are allowed on state roads when permitted by the Department of Transportation and under placement and installation specifications developed by the Department...
• 316.0777 - Automated License Plate Recognition Systems; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Active,” “criminal intelligence information,” and “criminal investigative information” have the same meanings as provided in s. 119.011(3).(b) “Agency” has the...
• 316.0778 - Automated License Plate Recognition Systems; Records Retention.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “automated license plate recognition system” means a system of one or more mobile or fixed high-speed cameras combined...
• 316.078 - Detour Signs To Be Respected.
  (1) It is unlawful to tear down or deface any detour sign or to break down or drive around any barricade erected for the purpose of...
• 316.079 - Duty To Yield To Highway Construction Workers.
  (1) Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian worker and flagperson engaged in maintenance or construction work on a highway whenever...
• 316.08 - Requirements Of Flagpersons.
  Any flagperson engaged in the direction of traffic on public roadways while accompanying an escort vehicle or any escort vehicle must:(1) Operate in accordance with all...
• 316.081 - Driving On Right Side Of Roadway; Exceptions.
  (1) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:(a) When overtaking and passing another...
• 316.0815 - Duty To Yield To Public Transit Vehicles.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a publicly owned transit bus traveling in the same direction which has signaled and is...
• 316.0817 - Loading And Unloading Of Bus Passengers.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a bus may not stop to load or unload passengers in a manner that impedes, blocks, or otherwise restricts the progression...
• 316.082 - Passing Vehicles Proceeding In Opposite Directions.
  (1) Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right.(2) Upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic...
• 316.0825 - Vehicle Approaching An Animal.
  Every person operating a motor vehicle shall use reasonable care when approaching or passing a person who is riding or leading an animal upon a...
• 316.083 - Overtaking And Passing A Vehicle.
  The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter...
• 316.084 - When Overtaking On The Right Is Permitted.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making...
• 316.085 - Limitations On Overtaking, Passing, Changing Lanes And Changing Course.
  (1) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same...
• 316.087 - Further Limitations On Driving To Left Of Center Of Roadway.
  (1) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:(a) When approaching or upon the crest of...
• 316.0875 - No-passing Zones.
  (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or...
• 316.088 - One-way Roadways And Rotary Traffic Islands.
  (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or...
• 316.089 - Driving On Roadways Laned For Traffic.
  Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith,...
• 316.0895 - Following Too Closely.
  (1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of...
• 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...
• 316.091 - Limited Access Facilities; Interstate Highways; Use Restricted.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.(2) Except...
• 316.1001 - Payment Of Toll On Toll Facilities Required; Penalties.
  (1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as provided in s. 338.155. Failure to pay a prescribed toll is...
• 316.121 - Vehicles Approaching Or Entering Intersections.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway.(2) When two...
• 316.122 - Vehicle Turning Left.
  The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the...
• 316.123 - Vehicle Entering Stop Or Yield Intersection.
  (1) The right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in s. 316.006.(2)(a) Except when directed to proceed by a...
• 316.1235 - Vehicle Approaching Intersection In Which Traffic Lights Are Inoperative.
  The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection in which the traffic lights are inoperative shall stop in the manner indicated in s. 316.123(2) for...
• 316.125 - Vehicle Entering Highway From Private Road Or Driveway Or Emerging From Alley, Driveway Or Building.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to...
• 316.126 - Operation Of Vehicles And Actions Of Pedestrians On Approach Of An Authorized Emergency, Sanitation, Or Utility Service Vehicle.
  (1)(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, while en route to meet an existing emergency, the driver of every other vehicle shall, when...
• 316.130 - Pedestrians; Traffic Regulations.
  (1) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device specifically applicable to the pedestrian unless otherwise directed by a police officer.(2) Pedestrians shall...
• 316.1301 - Traffic Regulations To Assist Blind Persons.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person, unless totally or partially blind or otherwise incapacitated, while on any public street or highway, to carry in a...
• 316.1303 - Traffic Regulations To Assist Mobility-impaired Persons.
  (1) Whenever a pedestrian who is mobility impaired is in the process of crossing a public street or highway with the assistance of a guide dog...
• 316.1305 - Fishing From State Road Bridges.
  (1) The Department of Transportation is authorized to investigate and determine whether it is detrimental to traffic safety or dangerous to human life for any person...
• 316.1355 - Driving Through Safety Zone Prohibited.
  No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable...
• 316.151 - Required Position And Method Of Turning At Intersections.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:(a) Right turn.—Both the approach for a right turn and a...
• 316.1515 - Limitations On Turning Around.
  The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street unless such movement can...
• 316.152 - Turning On Curve Or Crest Of Grade Prohibited.
  No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near, the crest...
• 316.154 - Starting Parked Vehicle.
  No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked, unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. A violation...
• 316.155 - When Signal Required.
  (1) No person may turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such movement can be...
• 316.156 - Signals By Hand And Arm Or Signal Lamps.
  (1) Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lamps, except as...
• 316.157 - Method Of Giving Hand And Arm Signals.
  (1) All signals herein required to be given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner...
• 316.1575 - Obedience To Traffic Control Devices At Railroad-highway Grade Crossings.
  (1) Any person walking or driving a vehicle and approaching a railroad-highway grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section shall stop within...
• 316.1576 - Insufficient Clearance At A Railroad-highway Grade Crossing.
  (1) A person may not drive any vehicle through a railroad-highway grade crossing that does not have sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing without...
• 316.1577 - Employer Responsibility For Violations Pertaining To Railroad-highway Grade Crossings.
  (1) An employer may not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or...
• 316.159 - Certain Vehicles To Stop Or Slow At All Railroad Grade Crossings.
  (1) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, excluding taxicabs, of any school bus carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying...
• 316.170 - Moving Heavy Equipment At Railroad Grade Crossings.
  (1) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of...
• 316.171 - Traffic Control Devices At Railroad-highway Grade Crossings.
  Every railroad company operating or leasing any track intersecting a public road at grade and upon which railroad trains are operated shall erect traffic control...
• 316.172 - Traffic To Stop For School Bus.
  (1)(a) Any person using, operating, or driving a vehicle on or over the roads or highways of this state shall, upon approaching any school bus which...
• 316.183 - Unlawful Speed.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to...
• 316.185 - Special Hazards.
  The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the prescribed limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed...
• 316.187 - Establishment Of State Speed Zones.
  (1) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that any speed is greater or less than is reasonable...
• 316.189 - Establishment Of Municipal And County Speed Zones.
  (1) MUNICIPAL SPEED.—The maximum speed within any municipality is 30 miles per hour. With respect to residence districts, a municipality may set a maximum speed limit...
• 316.1893 - Establishment Of Enhanced Penalty Zones; Designation.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to prevent vehicular fatalities by prioritizing enforcement on segments of highways that have a high incidence of speeding-related...
• 316.1895 - Establishment Of School Speed Zones, Enforcement; Designation.
  (1)(a) The Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority granted under s. 316.0745, shall adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices and pedestrian control devices...
• 316.1905 - Electrical, Mechanical, Or Other Speed Calculating Devices; Power Of Arrest; Evidence.
  (1) Whenever any peace officer engaged in the enforcement of the motor vehicle laws of this state uses an electronic, electrical, mechanical, or other device used...
• 316.1906 - Radar Speed-measuring Devices; Evidence, Admissibility.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—(a) “Audio Doppler” means a backup audible signal that translates the radar’s Doppler shift into a tone which can be heard by the radar operator.(b) “Audio warning...
• 316.191 - Racing On Highways.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Conviction” means a determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or trial, regardless of whether adjudication...
• 316.192 - Reckless Driving.
  (1)(a) Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.(b) Fleeing a law...
• 316.1923 - Aggressive Careless Driving.
  “Aggressive careless driving” means committing two or more of the following acts simultaneously or in succession:(1) Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s. 322.27(3)(d)5.b.(2) Unsafely or...
• 316.1925 - Careless Driving.
  (1) Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, having regard...
• 316.1926 - Additional Offenses.
  (1) A person who violates the provisions of s. 316.2085(2) or (3) shall be cited for a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318.(2) A person...
• 316.193 - Driving Under The Influence; Penalties.
  (1) A person is guilty of the offense of driving under the influence and is subject to punishment as provided in subsection (2) if the person...
• 316.1932 - Tests For Alcohol, Chemical Substances, Or Controlled Substances; Implied Consent; Refusal.
  (1)(a)1.a. Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of operating a motor vehicle within this state is, by so operating...
• 316.1933 - Blood Test For Impairment Or Intoxication In Cases Of Death Or Serious Bodily Injury; Right To Use Reasonable Force.
  (1)(a) If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle driven by or in the actual physical control of a person...
• 316.1934 - Presumption Of Impairment; Testing Methods.
  (1) It is unlawful and punishable as provided in chapter 322 and in s. 316.193 for any person who is under the influence of alcoholic beverages...
• 316.1935 - Fleeing Or Attempting To Elude A Law Enforcement Officer; Aggravated Fleeing Or Eluding.
  (1) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, having knowledge that he or she has been ordered to stop such vehicle by a duly...
• 316.1936 - Possession Of Open Containers Of Alcoholic Beverages In Vehicles Prohibited; Penalties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Open container” means any container of alcoholic beverage which is immediately capable of being consumed from, or the seal...
• 316.1937 - Ignition Interlock Devices, Requiring; Unlawful Acts.
  (1) In addition to any other authorized penalties, the court may require that any person who is convicted of driving under the influence in violation of...
• 316.1938 - Ignition Interlock Devices, Certification; Warning Label.
  (1) The department shall certify or cause to be certified the accuracy and precision of the testing component of the ignition interlock devices as required by...
• 316.1939 - Refusal To Submit To Testing; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who has refused to submit to a chemical or physical test of his or her breath, blood, or urine, as described in s....
• 316.194 - Stopping, Standing Or Parking Outside Of Municipalities.
  (1) Upon any highway outside of a municipality, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or...
• 316.1945 - Stopping, Standing, Or Parking Prohibited In Specified Places.
  (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control...
• 316.195 - Additional Parking Regulations.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand...
• 316.1951 - Parking For Certain Purposes Prohibited; Sale Of Motor Vehicles; Prohibited Acts.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, upon a public street or highway, a public parking...
• 316.1955 - Enforcement Of Parking Requirements For Persons Who Have Disabilities.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle within, or to obstruct, any such specially designated and marked parking space...
• 316.1957 - Parking Violations; Designated Parking Spaces For Persons Who Have Disabilities.
  When evidence is presented in any court of the fact that any motor vehicle was parked in a properly designated parking space for persons who...
• 316.1958 - Out-of-state Vehicles Bearing Identification Of Issuance To Persons Who Have Disabilities.
  Motor vehicles displaying a special license plate or parking permit issued to a person who has a disability by any other state or district subject...
• 316.1959 - Handicapped Parking Enforcement.
  The provisions of handicapped parking shall be enforced by state, county, and municipal authorities in their respective jurisdictions whether on public or private property in...
• 316.1964 - Exemption Of Vehicles Transporting Certain Persons Who Have Disabilities From Payment Of Parking Fees And Penalties.
  (1) A state agency, county, municipality, or any agency thereof, may not exact any fee for parking on the public streets or highways or in any...
• 316.1965 - Parking Near Rural Mailbox During Certain Hours; Penalties.
  Whoever parks any vehicle within 30 feet of any rural mailbox upon any state highway in this state between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. shall...
• 316.1967 - Liability For Payment Of Parking Ticket Violations And Other Parking Violations.
  (1) The owner of a vehicle is responsible and liable for payment of any parking ticket violation unless the owner can furnish evidence, when required by...
• 316.1974 - Funeral Procession Right-of-way And Liability.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—(a) “Funeral director” and “funeral establishment” shall have the same meaning as set forth in s. 497.005.(b) “Funeral procession” means two or more vehicles accompanying the body...
• 316.1975 - Unattended Motor Vehicle.
  (1) A person driving or in charge of any motor vehicle may not permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition,...
• 316.1985 - Limitations On Backing.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.(2) The driver...
• 316.1995 - Driving Upon Sidewalk Or Bicycle Path.
  (1) Except as provided in s. 316.008 or s. 316.212(8), a person may not drive any vehicle other than by human power upon a bicycle path,...
• 316.2004 - Obstruction To Driver’s View Or Driving Mechanism.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, as...
• 316.2005 - Opening And Closing Vehicle Doors.
  No person shall open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without...
• 316.2014 - Riding In House Trailers.
  No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public street or highway. A violation of this section...
• 316.2015 - Unlawful For Person To Ride On Exterior Of Vehicle.
  (1) It is unlawful for any operator of a passenger vehicle to permit any person to ride on the bumper, radiator, fender, hood, top, trunk, or...
• 316.2025 - Following Fire Apparatus Prohibited.
  No driver of any vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle on official business shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire...
• 316.2034 - Crossing Fire Hose.
  No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or highway, or private road or...
• 316.2035 - Injurious Substances Prohibited; Dragging Vehicle Or Load; Obstructing, Digging, Etc.
  (1) It is unlawful to place or allow to be placed upon any street or highway any tacks, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, or other substance...
• 316.2044 - Removal Of Injurious Substances.
  (1) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street or highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the...
• 316.2045 - Obstruction Of Public Streets, Highways, And Roads.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person or persons willfully to obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public street, highway, or road by...
• 316.2051 - Certain Vehicles Prohibited On Hard-surfaced Roads.
  It is unlawful to operate upon any hard-surfaced road in this state any log cart, tractor, or well machine; any steel-tired vehicle other than the...
• 316.2055 - Motor Vehicles, Throwing Advertising Materials In.
  It is unlawful for any person on a public street, highway, or sidewalk in the state to throw into, or attempt to throw into, any...
• 316.2061 - Stop When Traffic Obstructed.
  No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to...
• 316.2065 - Bicycle Regulations.
  (1) Every person propelling a vehicle by human power has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other...
• 316.2068 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices; Regulations.
  (1) An electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in s. 316.003, may be operated:(a) On a road or street where the posted speed limit is 25...
• 316.2074 - All-terrain Vehicles.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature through the adoption of this section to provide safety protection for minors while operating an all-terrain vehicle in...
• 316.208 - Motorcycles And Mopeds.
  (1) Any person operating a motorcycle or moped shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to...
• 316.2085 - Riding On Motorcycles Or Mopeds.
  (1) A person operating a motorcycle or moped shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any...
• 316.209 - Operating Motorcycles On Roadways Laned For Traffic.
  (1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such manner as to deprive any motorcycle...
• 316.2095 - Footrests, Handholds, And Handlebars.
  (1) Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger.(2) No person shall operate any...
• 316.211 - Equipment For Motorcycle And Moped Riders.
  (1) A person may not operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless the person is properly wearing protective headgear securely fastened upon his or her head...
• 316.212 - Operation Of Golf Carts On Certain Roadways.
  The operation of a golf cart upon the public roads or streets of this state is prohibited except as provided herein:(1) A golf cart may be...
• 316.2122 - Operation Of A Low-speed Vehicle Or Mini Truck On Certain Roadways.
  The operation of a low-speed vehicle as defined in s. 320.01 or a mini truck as defined in s. 320.01 on any road is authorized...
• 316.2123 - Operation Of An Atv On Certain Roadways.
  (1) The operation of an ATV, as defined in s. 317.0003, upon the public roads or streets of this state is prohibited, except that an ATV...
• 316.2124 - Motorized Disability Access Vehicles.
  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is directed to provide, by rule, for the regulation of motorized disability access vehicles as described in...
• 316.2125 - Operation Of Golf Carts Within A Retirement Community.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 316.212, the reasonable operation of a golf cart, equipped and operated as provided in s. 316.212 (5), (6), and (7),...
• 316.2126 - Authorized Use Of Golf Carts, Low-speed Vehicles, And Utility Vehicles.
  (1) In addition to the powers granted by ss. 316.212 and 316.2125, municipalities are authorized to use golf carts and utility vehicles, as defined in s....
• 316.21265 - Use Of All-terrain Vehicles, Golf Carts, Low-speed Vehicles, Or Utility Vehicles By Law Enforcement Agencies.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any law enforcement agency in this state may operate all-terrain vehicles as defined in s. 316.2074, golf...
• 316.2127 - Operation Of Utility Vehicles On Certain Roadways By Homeowners’ Associations.
  The operation of a utility vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, upon the public roads or streets of this state by a homeowners’ association, as...
• 316.2128 - Operation Of Motorized Scooters And Miniature Motorcycles; Requirements For Sales.
  (1) A person who engages in the business of, serves in the capacity of, or acts as a commercial seller of motorized scooters or miniature motorcycles...
• 316.2129 - Operation Of Swamp Buggies On Public Roads, Streets, Or Highways Authorized.
  (1) A swamp buggy may be operated on a public road, street, or highway if the local governmental entity, as defined in s. 334.03, having jurisdiction...
• 316.215 - Scope And Effect Of Regulations.
  (1) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be...
• 316.216 - Authority Of Department With Reference To Lighting Devices.
  (1) The department is authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of such...
• 316.217 - When Lighted Lamps Are Required.
  (1) Every vehicle operated upon a highway within this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as herein respectively required for different classes of vehicles,...
• 316.220 - Headlamps On Motor Vehicles.
  (1) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle,...
• 316.221 - Taillamps.
  (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall...
• 316.222 - Stop Lamps And Turn Signals.
  (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of s. 316.234(1). Motor vehicles,...
• 316.2225 - Additional Equipment Required On Certain Vehicles.
  In addition to other equipment required in this chapter, the following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated under the conditions stated in s. 316.217.(1) On...
• 316.224 - Color Of Clearance Lamps, Identification Lamps, Side Marker Lamps, Backup Lamps, Reflectors, And Deceleration Lights.
  (1) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps, and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle...
• 316.225 - Mounting Of Reflectors, Clearance Lamps And Side Marker Lamps.
  (1) Reflectors, when required by s. 316.2225, shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not more than 60 inches above the...
• 316.226 - Visibility Requirements For Reflectors, Clearance Lamps, Identification Lamps And Marker Lamps.
  (1) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in s. 316.2225 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible...
• 316.227 - Obstructed Lights Not Required.
  Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except taillamps) need not be lighted which,...
• 316.228 - Lamps Or Flags On Projecting Load.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the bed or body...
• 316.229 - Lamps On Parked Vehicles.
  (1) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of...
• 316.2295 - Lamps, Reflectors And Emblems On Farm Tractors, Farm Equipment And Implements Of Husbandry.
  (1) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1972, shall be equipped with...
• 316.231 - Lamps On Other Vehicles And Equipment.
  Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in s. 316.215(3), not specifically required by the provisions of this section to be equipped with...
• 316.233 - Spot Lamps And Auxiliary Lamps.
  (1) SPOT LAMPS.—Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used...
• 316.234 - Signal Lamps And Signal Devices.
  (1) Any vehicle may be equipped and, when required under this chapter, shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the...
• 316.235 - Additional Lighting Equipment.
  (1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without...
• 316.237 - Multiple-beam Road-lighting Equipment.
  (1) Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles shall be so...
• 316.238 - Use Of Multiple-beam Road-lighting Equipment.
  (1) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in s. 316.217, the driver shall use...
• 316.2385 - Requirements For Use Of Lower Beam.
  The lower or passing beam shall be used at all times during the twilight hours in the morning and the twilight hours in the evening,...
• 316.239 - Single-beam Road-lighting Equipment.
  (1) Headlamp systems which provide only a single distribution of light shall be permitted on all farm tractors regardless of date of manufacture, and on other...
• 316.2395 - Motor Vehicles; Minimum Headlamp Requirement.
  Any motor vehicle may be operated at nighttime under the conditions specified in ss. 316.237 and 316.239, when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the...
• 316.2396 - Number Of Driving Lamps Required Or Permitted.
  (1) At all times specified in s. 316.217, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor...
• 316.2397 - Certain Lights Prohibited; Exceptions.
  (1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp or...
• 316.2398 - Display Or Use Of Red Warning Signals; Motor Vehicles Of Volunteer Firefighters Or Medical Staff.
  (1) A privately owned vehicle belonging to an active firefighter member of a regularly organized volunteer firefighting company or association, while en route to the fire...
• 316.2399 - Special Warning Lights For Buses Or Taxicabs.
  The provisions of s. 316.2397(7) to the contrary notwithstanding, a bus or taxicab may be equipped with two flashing devices for the purpose of warning...
• 316.240 - Standards For Lights On Highway Maintenance And Service Equipment.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to headlamps, clearance lamps, and identification and other lamps on highway maintenance and service equipment...
• 316.241 - Selling Or Using Lamps Or Equipment.
  (1) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle,...
• 316.242 - Revocation Of Certificate Of Approval On Lighting Devices.
  (1) When the department has reason to believe that an approved lighting device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this chapter,...
• 316.251 - Maximum Bumper Heights.
  (1) Every motor vehicle of net shipping weight of not more than 5,000 pounds shall be equipped with a front and a rear bumper such that...
• 316.252 - Splash And Spray Suppressant Devices.
  (1) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, any...
• 316.253 - Vehicles Used To Sell Ice Cream And Other Confections; Display Of Warnings Required.
  Any person who sells ice cream or other frozen confections at retail from a motor vehicle shall display on each side of such motor vehicle,...
• 316.261 - Brake Equipment Required.
  Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any combination of such vehicles, operating upon a highway within this state shall be equipped with...
• 316.262 - Performance Ability Of Motor Vehicle Brakes.
  (1) Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable...
• 316.263 - Maintenance Of Brakes.
  All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the...
• 316.267 - Brakes On Electric-powered Vehicles.
  When operated on the public streets and roads, every electric-powered vehicle with a rating of 3 to 6 horsepower shall be equipped with hydraulic brakes...
• 316.271 - Horns And Warning Devices.
  (1) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under...
• 316.272 - Exhaust Systems, Prevention Of Noise.
  (1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation, including muffler, manifold pipe,...
• 316.293 - Motor Vehicle Noise.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—The following words and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in this subsection, except where the context...
• 316.2935 - Air Pollution Control Equipment; Tampering Prohibited; Penalty.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person or motor vehicle dealer as defined in s. 320.27 to offer or display for retail sale or lease, sell,...
• 316.2937 - Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards.
  If the Department of Environmental Protection proposes to adopt the California motor vehicle emission standards, such standards shall not be implemented until ratified by the...
• 316.294 - Mirrors.
  Every vehicle, operated singly or when towing any other vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a...
• 316.2951 - Motor Vehicle Windows; Definitions.
  Whenever used in ss. 316.2951-316.2957, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle as defined in s....
• 316.2952 - Windshields; Requirements; Restrictions.
  (1) A windshield in a fixed and upright position, which windshield is equipped with safety glazing as required by federal safety-glazing material standards, is required on...
• 316.2953 - Side Windows; Restrictions On Sunscreening Material.
  A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road, or street on which vehicle the side wings and side windows on...
• 316.2954 - Windows Behind The Driver; Restrictions On Sunscreening Material.
  (1) A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road, or street on which vehicle any windows behind the driver are composed...
• 316.29545 - Window Sunscreening Exclusions; Medical Exemption; Certain Law Enforcement Vehicles And Private Investigative Service Vehicles Exempt.
  (1) The department shall issue medical exemption certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus, any autoimmune disease, or other medical conditions which require a limited...
• 316.2955 - Window Sunscreening Material; Compliance Labeling; Tolerances.
  (1) Each installer or seller of sunscreening material shall provide a pressure-sensitive, self-destructive, nonremovable, vinyl-type film label to the purchaser stating that the material complies with...
• 316.2956 - Violation Of Provisions Relating To Windshields, Windows, And Sunscreening Material; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on which, after June 20, 1984, material was installed in violation of ss. 316.2951-316.2954 commits a noncriminal traffic...
• 316.2957 - Exemption For Motor Vehicle Manufacturers.
  The provisions of ss. 316.2951-316.2956 do not apply to the manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields which is otherwise in compliance...
• 316.299 - Rough Surfaced Wheels Prohibited.
  No person shall drive, propel, operate, or cause to be driven, propelled or operated over any paved or graded public road of this state any...
• 316.300 - Certain Vehicles To Carry Flares Or Other Devices.
  (1) No person shall operate any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or motor vehicle towing a house trailer, when such vehicle is 80...
• 316.301 - Display Of Warning Lights And Devices When Vehicle Is Stopped Or Disabled.
  (1) Whenever any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer 80 inches or more in overall width or 30 feet or more in overall...
• 316.302 - Commercial Motor Vehicles; Safety Regulations; Transporters And Shippers Of Hazardous Materials; Enforcement.
  (1)(a) All owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are operated on the public highways of this state while engaged in interstate commerce are subject...
• 316.3025 - Penalties.
  (1) A commercial motor vehicle that is found to be operating in such an unsafe condition as to be declared out-of-service or a driver declared out-of-service...
• 316.3026 - Unlawful Operation Of Motor Carriers.
  (1) The Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement may issue out-of-service orders to motor carriers, as defined in s. 320.01, who, after proper notice, have failed to...
• 316.303 - Television Receivers.
  (1) No motor vehicle operated on the highways of this state shall be equipped with television-type receiving equipment so located that the viewer or screen is...
• 316.304 - Wearing Of Headsets.
  (1) No person shall operate a vehicle while wearing a headset, headphone, or other listening device, other than a hearing aid or instrument for the improvement...
• 316.3045 - Operation Of Radios Or Other Mechanical Soundmaking Devices Or Instruments In Vehicles; Exemptions.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced by...
• 316.305 - Wireless Communications Devices; Prohibition.
  (1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law.”(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to:(a) Improve roadway safety for all...
• 316.400 - Headlamps.
  (1) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with the requirements...
• 316.405 - Motorcycle Headlights To Be Turned On.
  (1) Any person who operates a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle on the public streets or highways shall, while so engaged, have the headlight or headlights of...
• 316.410 - Taillamps.
  (1) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall have at least one taillamp which shall be located at a height of not more than 72 nor less...
• 316.415 - Reflectors.
  Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall carry on the rear, either as part of the taillamp or separately, at least one red reflector. A violation...
• 316.420 - Stop Lamps.
  Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of s. 316.234(1). A violation of this section...
• 316.425 - Lamps On Parked Motorcycles.
  (1) Every motorcycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.229 regarding lamps on parked vehicles and the use thereof.(2) Motor-driven cycles need not be equipped with...
• 316.430 - Multiple-beam Road-lighting Equipment.
  (1) Every motorcycle other than a motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.(2) Such equipment shall:(a) Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least...
• 316.435 - Lighting Equipment For Motor-driven Cycles.
  The headlamp or headlamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements...
• 316.440 - Brake Equipment Required.
  Every motor-driven cycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.261, except that:(1) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be equipped with parking brakes.(2) The wheel of...
• 316.445 - Performance Ability Of Motorcycle Brakes.
  (1) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:(a) Developing a...
• 316.450 - Brakes On Motor-driven Cycles.
  (1) The department is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any such braking system on a...
• 316.455 - Other Equipment.
  Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle when operated upon a highway shall comply with the requirements and limitations of:(1) Section 316.271(1) and (2) on the requirement...
• 316.46 - Equipment Regulations For Mopeds.
  No person may operate a moped that does not conform to all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards relating to lights and safety and other...
• 316.500 - Exceeding Weight And Length; Penalties.
  It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be...
• 316.510 - Projecting Loads On Passenger Vehicles.
  No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the fenders on the left side of the...
• 316.515 - Maximum Width, Height, Length.
  (1) WIDTH LIMITATION.—The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon may not exceed 102 inches, exclusive of safety devices determined by the department...
• 316.516 - Width, Height, And Length; Inspection; Penalties.
  (1) Any law enforcement officer, as prescribed in s. 316.640, or any weight inspector of the Department of Transportation, as prescribed in s. 316.545(1), who has...
• 316.520 - Loads On Vehicles.
  (1) A vehicle may not be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its...
• 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,...
• 316.530 - Towing Requirements.
  (1) When one vehicle is towing another vehicle the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and said...
• 316.535 - Maximum Weights.
  (1) The gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.(2) For the purposes of...
• 316.545 - Weight And Load Unlawful; Special Fuel And Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement; Inspection; Penalty; Review.
  (1) Any officer of the Florida Highway Patrol having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require...
• 316.550 - Operations Not In Conformity With Law; Special Permits.
  (1) An oversize or overweight vehicle or load thereon may not enter onto or be operated on a public road in this state unless the owner...
• 316.555 - Weight, Load, Speed Limits May Be Lowered; Condition Precedent.
  Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Transportation with respect to state roads, and local authorities with respect to highways under...
• 316.560 - Damage To Highways; Liability Of Driver And Owner.
  Any person driving or moving any vehicle or combination of vehicles, object, or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all...
• 316.565 - Emergency Transportation, Perishable Food; Establishment Of Weight Loads, Etc.
  (1) The Governor may declare an emergency to exist when there is a breakdown in the normal public transportation facilities necessary in moving perishable food crops...
• 316.600 - Health And Sanitation Hazards.
  No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall be equipped with an open toilet or other device that may be a hazard from a health and...
• 316.605 - Licensing Of Vehicles.
  (1) Every vehicle, at all times while driven, stopped, or parked upon any highways, roads, or streets of this state, shall be licensed in the name...
• 316.610 - Safety Of Vehicle; Inspection.
  It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner or his or her duly authorized representative...
• 316.6105 - Violations Involving Operation Of Motor Vehicle In Unsafe Condition Or Without Required Equipment; Procedure For Disposition.
  (1) In the event that a law enforcement officer issues a traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.2935 or for the operation of a motor...
• 316.611 - Tandem Trailer Equipment And Use.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to regulate tandem trailer truck equipment and use in the interest of safety, public convenience, and preservation of...
• 316.613 - Child Restraint Requirements.
  (1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined in this section, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or...
• 316.6131 - Educational Expenditures.
  The department may authorize the expenditure of funds for the purchase of educational items as part of the public information and education campaigns promoting highway...
• 316.6135 - Leaving Children Unattended Or Unsupervised In Motor Vehicles; Penalty; Authority Of Law Enforcement Officer.
  (1) A parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for a child younger than 6 years of age may not leave the child unattended or unsupervised...
• 316.614 - Safety Belt Usage.
  (1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Safety Belt Law.”(2) It is the policy of this state that enactment of this section is intended to...
• 316.6145 - School Buses; Safety Belts Or Other Restraint Systems Required.
  (1)(a) Each school bus that is purchased new after December 31, 2000, and used to transport students in grades pre-K through 12 must be equipped with...
• 316.6146 - Transportation Of Private School Students On Public School Buses And Public School Students On Private School Buses; Agreement.
  Private school students may be transported on public school buses and public school students may be transported on private school buses when there is mutual...
• 316.615 - School Buses; Physical Requirements Of Drivers.
  (1)(a) All motor vehicles, with a seating capacity of 24 or more pupils, which are regularly used for the transportation of pupils to or from school,...
• 316.622 - Farm Labor Vehicles.
  (1) Each owner or operator of a farm labor vehicle that is operated on the public highways of this state shall ensure that such vehicle conforms...
• 316.635 - Courts Having Jurisdiction Over Traffic Violations; Powers Relating To Custody And Detention Of Minors.
  (1) A court which has jurisdiction over traffic violations shall have original jurisdiction in the case of any minor who is alleged to have committed a...
• 316.640 - Enforcement.
  The enforcement of the traffic laws of this state is vested as follows:(1) STATE.—(a)1.a. The Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and...
• 316.645 - Arrest Authority Of Officer At Scene Of A Traffic Crash.
  A police officer who makes an investigation at the scene of a traffic crash may arrest any driver of a vehicle involved in the crash...
• 316.646 - Security Required; Proof Of Security And Display Thereof.
  (1) Any person required by s. 324.022 to maintain property damage liability security, required by s. 324.023 to maintain liability security for bodily injury or death,...
• 316.650 - Traffic Citations.
  (1)(a) The department shall prepare and supply to every traffic enforcement agency in this state an appropriate form traffic citation that contains a notice to appear,...
• 316.655 - Penalties.
  (1) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, except those violations with a specific criminal charge, as enumerated in s. 318.17, are infractions,...
• 316.656 - Mandatory Adjudication; Prohibition Against Accepting Plea To Lesser Included Offense.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, no court may suspend, defer, or withhold adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence for any violation of s....
• 316.660 - Disposition Of Fines And Forfeitures Collected For Violations; Reporting Requirement.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines and forfeitures received by any county court from violations of any of the provisions of this chapter,...
• 316.70 - Nonpublic Sector Buses; Safety Rules.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003(78), which standards...
• 316.72 - Buses Simulating School Buses In Color And Insignia; Conditions Of Use.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, except a governmental unit or agency operating as provided by law, to use on the public highways of...
• 316.75 - School Crossing Guards.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt uniform guidelines for the training of school crossing guards. Each local governmental entity administering a school crossing guard program...
• 316.80 - Unlawful Conveyance Of Fuel; Obtaining Fuel Fraudulently.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to maintain, or possess any conveyance or vehicle that is equipped with, fuel tanks, bladders, drums, or other containers...
• 316.85 - Autonomous Vehicles; Operation.
  (1) A person who possesses a valid driver license may operate an autonomous vehicle in autonomous mode.(2) For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
• 316.86 - Operation Of Vehicles Equipped With Autonomous Technology On Roads For Testing Purposes; Financial Responsibility; Exemption From Liability For Manufacturer When Third Party Converts Vehicle.
  (1) Vehicles equipped with autonomous technology may be operated on roads in this state by employees, contractors, or other persons designated by manufacturers of autonomous technology,...

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