316.073

Applicability to animals and animal-drawn vehicles.

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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 those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application. The provisions of this chapter applicable to pedestrians, with the exception of s. 316.130(3), apply to any person riding or leading an animal upon a roadway or the shoulder thereof.
History.s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 1, ch. 83-88.
Note.Former s. 316.052.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Jones v. State
Jones v. State (2003) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “Under section 316.073, Florida Statutes (2001), a person on horseback is not subject to the provisions regulating motor vehicles, but is subject to provisions applying to pedestrians.”
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