Fla. Stat. § 316.001
Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the “Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 316 — STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
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Fla. Stat. § 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 and uniform traffic ordinances to apply in all municipalities. The Legislature recognizes that there are conditions which require municipalities to pass certain other traffic…
Fla. Stat. § 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 otherwise requires:(1) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.—Vehicles of the fire department, fire patrol, police vehicles, emergency management vehicles, organ transport…
Fla. Stat. § 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 within the grounds of all state institutions and the boundaries of all dedicated state parks, and may place and maintain such…
Fla. Stat. § 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 shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by this chapter unless expressly authorized. However, this section shall not prevent any loca…
Fla. Stat. § 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 state.
Fla. Stat. § 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 cameras for enforcing the provisions of this chapter is not required to comply with provisions of chapter 493.
Fla. Stat. § 316.0077
Camera systems; contract procurement
A contract awarded by another governmental entity outside this state or by a consortium or cooperative of governmental entities outside this state may not be used to procure contracts with manufacturers or vendors of school bus infraction detection systems, speed detection systems, traffic infraction detectors, or any…
Fla. Stat. § 316.0078
Prohibition on contracting for camera systems of vendors of foreign countries of concern
(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Controlling interest” means possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a company, whether through ownership of securities, by contract, or otherwise. A person or an entity that directly or indirectly has 25 percent or more of the…
Fla. Stat. § 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 reasonable exercise of the police power, from:(a) Regulating or prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking.(b) Regulating traffic by means of police officers…
Fla. Stat. § 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 to which it provides, by agreement, traffic signal or traffic control device services within 60 days after receiving such a request regarding the evaluation, installation,…
Fla. Stat. § 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 a traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. A notice of violation and a traffic citation may not be issued for fai…
Fla. Stat. § 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) that collects any such penalty after the effective date of this act, but prior to notification by the Department of Revenue of its ability to receive and dist…
Fla. Stat. § 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, paintball, and freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling. It is recognized that governmental owners or lessees of property have failed to make property av…
Fla. Stat. § 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 creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.(b) “Vulnerab…
Fla. Stat. § 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 program participants by emergency medical responders by making critical medical information readily available to responders in the event of a motor vehicle ac…
Fla. Stat. § 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 any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such crash or as close thereto as possible, and shall forthwith return to, and in every event shall remain at, the scene…
Fla. Stat. § 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 property which is driven or attended by any person shall give his or her name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving, and shall upon request and if availab…
Fla. Stat. § 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 any damage to such other vehicle or property, shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle or other property…
Fla. Stat. § 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 incapacity.(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making an immediate or a written report of a crash, as required in ss. 316.065 and 316.066, and there…
Fla. Stat. § 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 property in an apparent amount of at least $2,000 shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the crash to the local police department, if such crash occurs within…
Fla. Stat. § 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 law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle crash that:1. Resulted in death of, personal injury to, or any indication of…
Fla. Stat. § 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 is false, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 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 this chapter, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The form must call for sufficie…
Fla. Stat. § 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 the number and circumstances of traffic crashes. The state shall maintain separate statistics on the number and location of crashes involving tandem trailer…
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