Florida Statute 316.75 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.075

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 exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:

(a) Green indication.—

1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed cautiously straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles and to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited.

2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in combination with another indication, as directed by the manual, may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time, except the driver of any vehicle may U-turn, so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless such movement is prohibited by posted traffic control signs. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in s. 316.0755, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.

(b) Steady yellow indication.—

1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection.

2. Pedestrians facing a steady yellow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in s. 316.0755, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway.

1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown; however:

a. The driver of a vehicle which is stopped at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection in obedience to a steady red signal may make a right turn, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection, except that municipal and county authorities may prohibit any such right turn against a steady red signal at any intersection, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign giving notice thereof is erected in a location visible to traffic approaching the intersection.

b. The driver of a vehicle on a one-way street that intersects another one-way street on which traffic moves to the left shall stop in obedience to a steady red signal, but may then make a left turn into the one-way street, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the intersection, except that municipal and county authorities may prohibit any such left turn as described, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign giving notice thereof is attached to the traffic control signal device at the intersection.

2.a. The driver of a vehicle facing a steady red signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian, with a permitted signal, to cross a roadway when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk or steps into the crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

b. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as provided in s. 316.0755, pedestrians facing a steady red signal shall not enter the roadway.

(2) In the event an official traffic control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal.

(3)(a) No traffic control signal device shall be used which does not exhibit a yellow or “caution” light between the green or “go” signal and the red or “stop” signal.

(b) No traffic control signal device shall display other than the color red at the top of the vertical signal, nor shall it display other than the color red at the extreme left of the horizontal signal.

(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as either a pedestrian violation or, if the infraction resulted from the operation of a vehicle, as a moving violation.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 71-376; ss. 1, 15, ch. 76-31; s. 3, ch. 95-333; s. 1, ch. 96-413; s. 97, ch. 99-248; s. 1, ch. 2008-33.

Note.—Former s. 316.138.

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Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.075

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.075 (1)(a)1 GREEN circular light, vehicle facing, failed to yield right-of-way while turning - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(a)1 Failed to yield right-of-way to pedestrian - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(a)2 GREEN Arrow, vehicle facing, proceeded straight through, failed to yield right-of-way while turning - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.075 (1)(a)2 Failed to yield right-of-way to pedestrian - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(a)3 Green circular light, Pedestrian failed to cross within marked or unmarked crosswalk - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.075 (1)(b)2 Steady YELLOW traffic light, PEDESTRIAN facing, must not start to cross roadway - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.075 (1)(c )1 Steady RED light, vehicle facing, failed to yield right-of-way while turning (previously violation code 516) - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )1 Fail to stop at STEADY RED signal before making right turn - Points on Drivers License: 4

S316.075 (1)(c )1 Red Light Camera - Fail to stop at STEADY RED light for procedures see 316.0083 - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.075 (1)(c)1a Steady RED light, vehicle facing, failed to yield right-of-way to other traffic while making right turn - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )1a Fail to stop at STEADY RED signal before making right turn - Points on Drivers License: 4

S316.075 (1)(c )1a Steady RED light, vehicle facing, fail to yield right of way to pedestrian while making right turn - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )1b Steady RED light, one way street, vehicle facing, fail to yield right-of-way to other traffic when making left turn - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )1b Fail to stop at STEADY RED signal, one way street, before making left turn - Points on Drivers License: 4

S316.075 (1)(c )1b Steady RED light, one way street, vehicle facing, fail to yield right-of-way to pedestrian when making left turn - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )2a Steady RED light, failed to yield to pedestrian - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.075 (1)(c )2 PEDESTRIAN facing, must not enter roadway on RED light - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.075 (2) Erected OTHER THAN at intersection, vehicle facing, failed to obey - Points on Drivers License: 3

Cases Citing Statute 316.075

Total Results: 19

Gulley v. Pierce

625 So. 2d 45, 1993 WL 366882

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 1993 | Docket: 1517571

Cited 9 times | Published

control signal devices, as referred to in section 316.075, i.e., those which alternately direct traffic

Pate v. Renfroe

715 So. 2d 1094, 1998 WL 476160

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 13, 1998 | Docket: 1716977

Cited 6 times | Published

of law to give the instruction because only section 316.075(1)(b), which expressly applies to a motorist

Shaver v. Carpenter

157 So. 3d 305, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19480, 2014 WL 6675691

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 26, 2014 | Docket: 60246053

Cited 1 times | Published

crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited. § 316.075(l)(a). Over Shaver’s objections, a trooper who

Richard Masone v. City of Aventura

147 So. 3d 492, 2014 WL 2609201

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2014 | Docket: 58812

Cited 1 times | Published

of course, regulates red light violations. Section 316.075 contains detailed rules governing the conduct

Walker v. State

120 So. 3d 96, 2013 WL 4007090, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12343

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 2013 | Docket: 60234292

Cited 1 times | Published

cited for running a red light in violation of section 316.075, Florida Statutes, (2012). While a trial court

City of Orlando v. Udowychenko

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2012 | Docket: 60312480

Cited 1 times | Published

of unmanned cameras to record violations of section 316.075, a photograph of a vehicle violating traffic

City of Aventura v. Masone

89 So. 3d 233, 2011 WL 5964359, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19039

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 2011 | Docket: 60308732

Cited 1 times | Published

ordinance to enforce and punish violations of section 316.075, Florida Statutes (2008). Florida’s traffic

Noto v. State

42 So. 3d 814, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 9860, 2010 WL 2675310

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 2010 | Docket: 2396080

Cited 1 times | Published

light, a violation of Florida's traffic law. See § 316.075(1)(c), Fla. Stat. (2004). Consequently, Detective

City of Oldsmar v. Trinh

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 28, 2016 | Docket: 4483499

Published

was issued to Ms. Trinh for a violation of section 316.075(l)(c)(l) as a result of her vehicle’s “failure

State Ex Rel. City of Aventura v. Jimenez

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 27, 2016 | Docket: 4114279

Published

unless directed otherwise by a police officer); § 316.075(1), Fla. Stat. (2015) (requiring drivers generally

Clark v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 29, 2015 | Docket: 60249505

Published

chapter. § 316.074(1), Fla. Stat. (2012). 4. Section 316.075(l)(c)l., Florida Statutes (2012), provides:

United States v. Smith

772 F.3d 680, 2014 WL 6725819

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 24, 2014 | Docket: 65660898

Published

regulations for animals and animal-drawn vehicles); id. § 316.075(l)(c)(2)(b) (“Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian

State v. Arrington

95 So. 3d 324, 2012 WL 3023203, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 12095

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 25, 2012 | Docket: 60311185

Published

This distinction is one with a difference. Section 316.075, Florida Statutes (2010) is constitutional

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 12, 2005 | Docket: 3257152

Published

standing at a steady red light as required by section 316.075(3)(a), Florida Statutes, would appear to fall

Trice v. State

755 So. 2d 808, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 4559, 2000 WL 390292

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 19, 2000 | Docket: 64796791

Published

cited for failing to obey a traffic device, section 316.075(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1997), and for careless

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jan 24, 1997 | Docket: 3257477

Published

purpose of issuing citations for violations of section 316.075, Florida Statutes? 2. If so, may the county

Hedergott v. Moon

678 So. 2d 445, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8271, 1996 WL 446738

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 9, 1996 | Docket: 64766718

Published

request to give a jury instruction based on section 316.075(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1989). Over the objection

Salman v. Cooper

633 So. 2d 570, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 2293, 1994 WL 81817

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1994 | Docket: 64746943

Published

under the circumstances, not less. Pursuant to section 316.-075(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1993), a vehicle

Weeks v. Ranson

419 So. 2d 722, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21152

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 1982 | Docket: 64592163

Published

thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. Section 316.075(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1981), provides: Vehicular