Florida Statute 316.1235 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.1235

316.1235 Vehicle approaching intersection in which traffic lights are inoperative.—The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection in which the traffic lights are inoperative shall stop in the manner indicated in s. 316.123(2) for approaching a stop intersection. In the event that only some of the traffic lights within an intersection are inoperative, the driver of a vehicle approaching an inoperative light shall stop in the above-prescribed manner. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 2, ch. 77-229; s. 120, ch. 99-248.

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Amendments to 316.1235

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.1235

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.1235.

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.1235

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.1235 INOPERATIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT - Failed to stop - Points on Drivers License: 3

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 316.1235

Total Results: 8

Searcy v. ZAWACKIS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-02-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 55 So. 3d 660, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 1924, 2011 WL 520476

Snippet: treat the intersection as a four-way stop. See § 316.1235, Fla. Stat. (2005) ("The driver of a vehicle

Goldberg v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2005-04-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 899 So. 2d 1105

Snippet: constituted intervening causes. Citing section 316.1235 of the Florida Statutes (1979), which required…the inoperable signal as a four-way stop. See § 316.1235, Fla. Stat. (2003). This is especially true in… know whether the traffic light was working, § 316.1235, Fla. Stat. (1997), and to observe the requirements

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Goldberg

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-10-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 856 So. 2d 1011

Snippet: . The traffic ordinances of Florida Statute §§ 316.1235 (stopping) and 316.1925 (careless driving) were…NEGLIGENCE FPL correctly asserts that under sections 316.1235, 316.123(2)(a), Florida Statutes, the drivers

Levy v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-09-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 798 So. 2d 778

Snippet: in the accident had not complied with section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1979), which required drivers…relieving FP & L of any liability. See § 316.1235, Fla. Stat. (2000) (providing that the "driver

Gulley v. Pierce

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-09-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 625 So. 2d 45

Snippet: failure to give instructions relating to (1) Section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1989), requiring a vehicle …pertaining to the effect of a violation of section 316.1235, we note that it was clearly supported by the …instruction relating to a violation of section 316.1235 was inapplicable to the issues tried, because …the term "traffic lights" in section 316.1235, the legislature clearly intended to include both…correct the omission, the legislature added section 316.1235 in 1977, requiring all drivers to stop in the

City of Miami v. Burley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-03-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 596 So. 2d 1133, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 2510, 1992 WL 48844

Snippet: jury, upon the City’s request, as to Sections 316.1235, 316.123(2), Florida Statutes (1989). The City…and affirm based on a holding that (1) Section 316.-1235, Florida Statutes (1989), is applicable only to…not “inoperative” within the meaning of Section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1989), as, in our view, the

Eder v. DEPT. OF HIGHWAY SAFETY & MOTOR VEH.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-02-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 463 So. 2d 443

Snippet: . Trooper Chafey recalled that Florida Statute 316.1235 requires motorists to treat a non-functioning

Metropolitan Dade County v. Colina

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-09-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 456 So. 2d 1233

Snippet: knowingly or not, with section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1979). 316.1235 Vehicle approaching intersection…intervening causes. As previously noted, section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1979) requires drivers to treat