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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.074

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 chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.

(2) No person shall drive any vehicle from a roadway to another roadway to avoid obeying the indicated traffic control indicated by such traffic control device.

(3) No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.

(4) Whenever official traffic control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(5) Any official traffic control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.

(6) 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. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 94, ch. 99-248.

Note.—Former s. 316.053.

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Amendments to 316.074

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.074

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.074.

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.074

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.074 (1) TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE Fail to obey traffic control device (sign) - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.074 (1) Red Light Camera Violations Only -Fail to obey traffic control signal for procedures see 316.0083 - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.074 (1) Fail to obey traffic control signal (Failed to stop at traffic signal/red light) - Points on Drivers License: 4

S316.074 (2) Traffic Control Device - Cutting across to avoid - Points on Drivers License: 3

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 316.074

Total Results: 20

State of Florida v. Joshua Lyle Creller

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-23

Snippet: station to avoid a red light in violation of section 316.074(2), Florida Statutes (2018). Creller, 336 So. 3d

Steven J. Pincus, etc. v. American Traffic Solutions, Inc., etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-02-03

Snippet: light signal, in violation of sections 316.0083, 316.074(1), and 316.075(1)(c)1, Florida Statutes (2017)

Luis Torres Jimenez v. State of Florida, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-05-03

Citation: 246 So. 3d 219

Snippet: issue a traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. A notice of violation

City of Oldsmar v. Trinh

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-10-28

Citation: 210 So. 3d 191, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 16012

Snippet: use cameras to enforce violations of sections 316.074(1) and 316.075(l)(c), Florida Statutes, for a driver’s

State Ex Rel. City of Aventura v. Jimenez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-07-27

Citation: 211 So. 3d 158, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 11373

Snippet: issue a traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or 316.075(l)(e)l.... This paragraph does not

City of Fort Lauderdale v. June Dhar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-02-25

Citation: 185 So. 3d 1232, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 61, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 393, 2016 WL 743287

Snippet: alleging that the described vehicle violated sections 316.074(1) and 316.075(l)(cjl. of the Florida Statutes

Clark v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-05-29

Citation: 170 So. 3d 69, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8188, 2015 WL 2458128

Snippet: admissible and evi*71dence that a violation of section 316.074(1)[3] or section ai6.075(l)(c)(l)[4] occurred,

City of Fort Lauderdale v. June Dhar

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-10-22

Citation: 154 So. 3d 366, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 17154

Snippet: alleging that the described vehicle violated sections 316.074(1) and 316.075(l)(c)l. of the Florida Statutes

City of Hollywood, a political subdivision of the State of Florida v. Eric Arem

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-10-15

Citation: 154 So. 3d 359, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 16790

Snippet: light cameras to enforce violations of sections 316.074(1) and 316.075(l)(c)l; both of which prohibit the

Gil v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-07-11

Citation: 118 So. 3d 787, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 581, 2013 WL 3466806, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1429

Snippet: traffic control signal device as provided in s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(l)(c)l. — 4 points_ 7. All other

Jenkins v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-12-14

Citation: 102 So. 3d 739, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21517

Snippet: uniform traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(l)(c)l. as a result of the driver

City of Orlando v. Udowychenko

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-07-06

Citation: 98 So. 3d 589, 2012 WL 2600293, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10875

Snippet: “traffic infraction detectors” to “enforce s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(l)(c)l. when a driver fails to

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2010-08-26

Snippet: use traffic infraction detectors to enforce s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver fails to

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2004-03-24

Snippet: enforcement officer for a violation of section 316.074, Florida Statutes? Your questions are interrelated

State v. Osuji

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-12-19

Citation: 804 So. 2d 501, 2001 WL 1614461

Snippet: were authorized to stop Osuji based upon section 316.074(2), Florida Statutes (2000) ("No person shall drive

Longshore v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-10

Citation: 655 So. 2d 1139, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 2364, 1995 WL 96323

Snippet: (1993). . § 316.193, Fla.Stat (1993). . § 316.074, Fla.Stat. (1993). . § 316.1925, Fla.Stat. (1993)

Gulley v. Pierce

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-09-17

Citation: 625 So. 2d 45, 1993 WL 366882

Snippet: 316.053(1), Fla. Stat. (1971) (now renumbered 316.074(1)). Finally, the 1971 legislative session provided

Elledge v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-01-14

Citation: 613 So. 2d 434, 1993 WL 5053

Snippet: 1981), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 981, 103 S.Ct. 316, 74 L.Ed.2d 293 (1982). The Eleventh Circuit remanded

State v. Polak

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-04-17

Citation: 598 So. 2d 150, 1992 WL 76448

Snippet: Martin was charged with violations of Sections 316.074 and 316.1934, Florida Statutes (1989). [3] Section

Eberhardt v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-09-26

Citation: 550 So. 2d 102, 1989 WL 113232

Snippet: (Fla. 1981); cert. denied 459 U.S. 981, 103 S.Ct. 316, 74 L.Ed.2d 293 (1982), reh'g denied 459 U.S. 1137