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Fla. Stat. § 316.195 (2025)
Additional parking regulations.
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316.195 Additional parking regulations.—
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(2) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, or its left wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(3) Local authorities may, by ordinance, permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any state road unless the Department of Transportation has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Note.—Former s. 316.161.
Civil Citations under F.S. 316.195
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.195Improper parking (two-way roadway/one-way roadway/angle)
§316.195(1)Improper Parking two-way roadway
§316.195(2)Improper Parking Against flow/curb one-way
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2017 · leading case: Koppelman v. State, 876 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).
Koppelman v. State, 876 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). “" § 316.195, Fla. Stat. This statute, as well as Underwood , implies that stopping or parking along a two-way roadway is not illegal per se.”
State v. Battle (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). “When asked why she conducted such a 1 See § 316.195(2), Fla. Stat. (2015) (requiring that vehicles parked on public roadways face the direction of authorized traffic movement; a violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction).”
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State v. Battle (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). “When asked why she conducted such a 1 See § 316.195(2), Fla. Stat. (2015) (requiring that vehicles parked on public roadways face the direction of authorized traffic movement; a violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction).”
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