Florida Statute 316.0875 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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316.0875 No-passing zones.—

(1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities may determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones. When such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, a driver of a vehicle must obey the directions thereof.

(2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), a driver may not, at any time, drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.

(3) This section does not apply to a driver who safely and briefly drives to the left of the center of the roadway only to the extent necessary to:

(a) Avoid an obstruction;

(b) Turn left into or from an alley, a private road, or a driveway; or

(4) A person who violates this section commits 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. 111, ch. 99-248; s. 3, ch. 2021-180.

Note.—Former s. 316.086.

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Amendments to 316.0875

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Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.0875

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.0875 PASSING or NO PASSING ZONE - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.0875 (1) Disobey No Passing Zone sign - Points on Drivers License: 3

S316.0875 (2) Driving on left side in No Passing Zone - Points on Drivers License: 3

Cases Citing Statute 316.0875

Total Results: 2

Benjamin Mendoza v. State of Florida

174 So. 3d 574, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13079, 2015 WL 5139417

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 2, 2015 | Docket: 2690051

Published

probable cause to stop appellant pursuant to section 316.0875, Florida Statutes (2013). See Lomax

Shaheim Hassan Lomax v. State of Florida

148 So. 3d 119

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 9, 2014 | Docket: 1184046

Published

311 (Fla.2008). The State notes that section 316.0875, Florida Statutes, prohibits both passing

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