Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...State, 675 So.2d 1049 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) (applying Whren and explaining that the test is whether an officer could have stopped the vehicle for a traffic infraction). The State argues that Officer Gendreau had probable cause to believe that Appellant violated section 316.154, Florida Statutes (1999), by improperly starting his vehicle. Section 316.154 provides, "No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked, unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety." The State argues that Appellant's actions in starting and driving his vehicle at suc...

...cle as it was pulling out of the—like, driving through the parking lot, if you will. There was no evidence with respect to how Appellant started his vehicle. The officer did not see Appellant "start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked." § 316.154, Fla....