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Fla. Stat. § 316.122 (2025)
Vehicle turning left.
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316.122 Vehicle turning left.—The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, or vehicles lawfully passing on the left of the turning vehicle, which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Civil Citations under F.S. 316.122
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.122FAILED to Yield - to oncoming traffic/vehicle passing on left when MAKING LEFT TURN
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1976–2014 · leading case: Filmon v. State, 336 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 1976).
Filmon v. State, 336 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 1976). “, that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support a finding of guilt of culpable negligence and that the trial court erred in refusing to give appellant's requested jury instruction relating to execution of a left turn as prescribed by Section 316.”
Pate v. Renfroe, 715 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). “2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying Pate's motion for new trial or additur because, Pate asserts, the jury's verdict that he suffered no permanent injury causally connected to the automobile accident was against the manifest weight of the evidence; (3)…”
Gonzalez v. Rose, 752 So. 2d 39 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “During the charge conference, the trial court granted the plaintiff's proposed jury instruction pursuant to section 316.122, Florida Statutes (1993) setting forth the obligation of a vehicle intending to turn left at an intersection.”
Palm Beach Cnty. Bd. of Com'rs v. Salas, 511 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 1987). “In support of this position, the county claims that Blount's alleged violation of either section 316.122 (failing to yield the right-of-way on a left-hand turn) or 316.”
Luzardo v. State, 147 So. 3d 1083 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014). “The Florida Highway Patrol initially attributed the accident to Michelle Ward and charged her non-criminally with violating Luis Luzardo’s right of way by turning left in front of oncoming traffic under section 316.122 of the Florida Statutes (2011).”
Hunter v. United States, 739 F. Supp. 569 (M.D. Fla. 1990). “” Fla.Stat.Ann. § 316.122 (West 1990). Mr. Hunter was close enough to Mr.”
Shaver v. Carpenter, 157 So. 3d 305 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). “§ 316.122, Fla. Stat. (2008). Green indication.”
Weeks v. Ranson, 419 So. 2d 722 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). “1 Section 316.122, Florida Statutes (1981), provides: The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the…”
Salman v. Cooper, 633 So. 2d 570 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). “” Additionally, section 316.122, Florida Statutes (1993) provides that a driver making a left-hand turn “shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.”
Gordon v. Colbert, 789 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). “After some discussion, the court also read the instruction concerning section 316.122, Florida Statutes (2000), which states: Vehicle turning left.”
Cahill v. City of Daytona Beach, 577 So. 2d 715 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). “Section 316.122 (failing to yield the right-of-way on a lefthand turn) and section 316.”
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