Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 316.154 (2025)
Starting parked vehicle.
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316.154 Starting parked vehicle.—No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked, unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. 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. 316.154
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.154Improper START of vehicle from a parked/stopped/standing position
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Donaldson v. State, 803 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
Donaldson v. State, 803 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). “" § 316.154, Fla. Stat. (1999). There is no indication that squealing tires alone constitutes a traffic infraction.”
State v. Rutter, 2011 VT 13 (Vt. 2011). “at 859 (quoting Fla. Stat. §316.154 (1999)). The court concluded that there was no reasonable suspicion because the officer did not see the defendant’s vehicle in a stopped position.”
Garner v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue (Kan. Ct. App. 2022). “313 ; Fla. Stat. § 316.154 . And the Kansas Legislature's intent in enacting portions of the UVC was "to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.”
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