Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...as may be appropriate. Section 316.610, however, must be read in conjunction with those statutes which delineate the specific equipment requirements for vehicles. See, e.g., § 316.220, Fla. Stat. (1987) (headlamps); id. § 316.221 (taillamps); id. § 316.222 (stop lamps and turn signals); id. § 316.2225 (additional equipment required on certain vehicles)....

...0 feet, as required by section 316.221(2). Snead, 707 So.2d at 770, involved an inoperable taillight in violation of section 316.221, which requires every vehicle to have two taillights visible for 1,000 feet, and inoperable brake lights contrary to section 316.222, which requires two brake lights visible for 300 feet....

...In Moore, 791 So.2d at 1248, the officer stopped the defendant because his windows appeared to be tinted beyond the specific limitations set forth in sections 316.2951-.2956. In Scott, 710 So.2d at 1379, the motorist's turn signal was inoperable, violating sections 316.222(2) and 316.234(2), which together require that every vehicle be equipped with front and rear turn signals that in normal sunlight are visible from 300 feet or 500 feet, depending on the size of the vehicle....

...sion of cocaine. He was not charged with any traffic infraction. Perez-Garcia argued below and reiterates here that because Florida law, as he construes it, merely requires a motor vehicle in this state be "equipped with two or more stop lamps," see § 316.222(1), Fla. Stat. (2003), and because his vehicle literally complied with section 316.222(1), the stop was unlawful....

...Migneault, Colorado Springs, CO, for Appellee. CASANUEVA, Judge. The State appeals from an order suppressing information obtained from Christopher A. Burger as the result of an unauthorized traffic stop. Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies stopped Mr. Burger's car for a violation of section 316.222(1), Florida Statutes (2004), which requires "[e]very motor vehicle ....

...To do so would be an abrogation of legislative power. This principle is not a rule of grammar; it reflects the constitutional obligation of the judiciary to respect the separate powers of the legislature. State v. Rife, 789 So.2d 288, 292 (Fla.2001) (internal citations and quotation marks omitted). Section 316.222(1) clearly provides that a motor vehicle must be equipped with two or more stop lamps....

...equirements of motor vehicles. See, e.g., § 316.156 (signal lamps), § 316.215 (vehicles in unsafe condition), § 316.216 (approval of lighting devices), § 316.217 (when lighted lamps are required), § 316.220 (headlamps), § 316.221 (tail-lamps), § 316.222 (stop lamps and turn signals), § 316.2395 (headlamps), § 316.2396 (driving lamps), § 316.241 (sale or use of approved lamps or equipment), § 316.251 (maximum bumper height), § 316.261 (brake equipment), § 316.262 (performance ability...

...lance from the vehicle occupants. The detective testified that pain clinics change their mode of operation whenever they become aware of being watched. .The middle brake light was not functioning, but the other two brake lights were functioning. See § 316.222, Fla....

...However, both the other brake light on the vehicle's rear and the center high-mounted stop lamp were operating. Id. This court held that if two of the vehicle's three brake lights were operational, this was sufficient to comply with the requirements of section 316.222(1), Florida Statutes (2004)....

...d following the traffic stop. The prosecutor countered this argument by citing a decision from the Third District, State v. Perez-Garcia, 917 So.2d 894 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005). The prosecutor argued that even if Mr. Zarba's vehicle was in compliance with section 316.222(1)—the statute requiring "[e]very motor vehicle......

...Zarba's vehicle in such unsafe condition that it endangered either persons or property. Burger answers the first question. A single nonworking rear brake light on a vehicle equipped with three brake lights does not constitute a violation of the law because section 316.222(1) [2] requires only two functional brake lights on the vehicle's rear....

...Unlike our sister district, we are unwilling to assume that having only two of three brake lights working creates a safety hazard that endangers persons or property when the statute only requires that two rear "stop lamps" display "a red or amber light ... upon application of the service (foot) brake." See §§ 316.222(1), 316.234(1)....

...d in the United States since the 1986 model year and on all new light trucks since the 1994 model year. See http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/nht1698.htm (site last visited October 25, 2007). The Ford Explorer driven by Mr. Zarba was a 1995 model. [2] Section 316.222(1) refers to further detailed requirements for brake lights under section 316.234(1).