Florida Statute 316.171 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.171

316.171 Traffic control devices at railroad-highway grade crossings.—Every railroad company operating or leasing any track intersecting a public road at grade and upon which railroad trains are operated shall erect traffic control devices that are necessary to conform with the requirements of the uniform system of traffic control devices adopted pursuant to s. 316.0745. This section does not require the railroad company to erect those devices, such as pavement markings and advance warning signs, which are the responsibility of the governmental entity having jurisdiction over or maintenance responsibility for the public road. Any change in the design of a traffic control device in the uniform system of traffic control devices applies only at new installations and at locations where replacements of existing devices are being made.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 7, ch. 86-243.

Note.—Former s. 316.137.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.171

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.171.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 316.171

Total Results: 3

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Louallen

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-11-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 479 So. 2d 781, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2554, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16798

Snippet: relieved from the statutory requirements of sections 316.171 and 351.-03. We conclude, therefore, that under

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1985-06-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: tracks of such railroad company." See also, s 316.171. Paragraph (c) of s 335.141(2) in pertinent part

St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. White

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-04-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 369 So. 2d 1007

Snippet: crossings having signs as required by s. 316.171." Section 316.171, Florida Statutes, states: "Signs…Section 316.171. If the crossing in this case had been declared dangerous pursuant to Section 316.171 and …that exclusion of the last sentence of Section 316.171, Florida Statutes, in the court's instructions… warning sign of the type described in Section 316.171. The surface of this sign, however, is so obliterated…without including the proviso referring to Section 316.171, Florida Statutes, urging that, because the D.O.T