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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 316.194316.194 Stopping, standing or parking outside of municipalities.—(1) Upon any highway outside of a municipality, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave the vehicle off such part of the highway; but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway. (2) This section shall not apply to the driver or owner of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position, or to passenger-carrying buses temporarily parked while loading or discharging passengers, where highway conditions render such parking off the paved portion of the highway hazardous or impractical. (3)(a) Whenever any police officer or traffic accident investigation officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or require the driver or other persons in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle, to a position off the paved or main-traveled part of the highway. (b) Officers and traffic accident investigation officers may provide for the removal of any abandoned vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety, cost of such removal to be a lien against motor vehicle, when an abandoned vehicle is found unattended upon a bridge or causeway or in any tunnel, or on any public highway in the following instances:1. Where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction of traffic; 2. Where such vehicle has been parked or stored on the public right-of-way for a period exceeding 48 hours, in other than designated parking areas, and is within 30 feet of the pavement edge; and 3. Where an operative vehicle has been parked or stored on the public right-of-way for a period exceeding 10 days, in other than designated parking areas, and is more than 30 feet from the pavement edge. However, the agency removing such vehicle shall be required to report same to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within 24 hours of such removal. (c) Any vehicle moved under the provisions of this chapter which is a stolen vehicle shall not be subject to the provisions hereof unless the moving authority has reported to the Florida Highway Patrol the taking into possession of the vehicle within 24 hours of the moving of the vehicle. (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318. History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 71-352; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 142, ch. 99-248; s. 35, ch. 2005-164. Note.—Former s. 316.124.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.194
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension
S316.194 Stopping/Standing/Parking on highway outside of municipalities - Points on Drivers License: 3
S316.194 (1) Stopping/Standing/Parking on highway outside of municipalities - Points on Drivers License: 3
Cases Citing Statute 316.194
Total Results: 10
882 So. 2d 928, 2004 WL 1274334
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 2004 | Docket: 2516226
Cited 48 times | Published
removal of stalled or abandoned vehicles. See § 316.194(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1993). The statutory construct
605 So. 2d 575, 1992 WL 240648
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1992 | Docket: 1702126
Cited 7 times | Published
defendant was improperly stopped on a bridge).
Section 316.194(1), Florida Statutes (1991) provides in pertinent
652 So. 2d 427, 1995 WL 111193
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 17, 1995 | Docket: 1517985
Cited 2 times | Published
Smith, 411 So.2d 273 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982) and section 316.194, Florida Statutes. We reverse but certify a
541 So. 2d 631, 1989 WL 478
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 1989 | Docket: 470635
Cited 2 times | Published
portion of the highway hazardous or impractical. [§ 316.194(1-2), Fla. Stat. (1985).]
It is unlawful for any
492 So. 2d 789, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1723
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1986 | Docket: 478449
Cited 2 times | Published
partially in the emergency lane in violation of Section 316.194, Florida Statutes and failed to display the
781 So. 2d 1153, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 3476, 2001 WL 273832
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 21, 2001 | Docket: 64804637
Published
the jury in this case that a violation of section 316.194(1), Florida Statutes (2000), was evidence of
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 21, 2001 | Docket: 3258367
Published
parked on the right-of-way of a state road. Section 316.194(3)(b), Florida Statutes, provides for the removal
492 So. 2d 789, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1723, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9290
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1986 | Docket: 64621030
Published
partially in the emergency lane in violation of Section 316.194, Florida Statutes and failed to display the
431 So. 2d 652, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19230
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 26, 1983 | Docket: 64597063
Published
stopping on the left constituted negligence. Section 316.194(1), (2), Florida Statutes (1977) prohibits
375 So. 2d 1114, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15893
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 25, 1979 | Docket: 64572364
Published
(2), Florida Statutes (1971), (renumbered Section 316.194, effective October 1, 1977), directs that:
