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Fla. Stat. § 316.294 (2025)
Mirrors.
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316.294 Mirrors.—Every vehicle, operated singly or when towing any other vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor vehicle. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Note.—Former s. 316.273.
Civil Citations under F.S. 316.294
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.294REARVIEW MIRROR - No/Improper
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2025 · leading case: Springer v. State, 125 So. 3d 271 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).
Springer v. State, 125 So. 3d 271 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). “At the suppression hearing, the State argued the facts also supported the officer making a stop pursuant to section 316.294, Florida Statutes (2011) (requiring “a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear…”
Gordon v. State, 901 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). “§ 316.294, Fla. Stat. (2003). However, unlike the states whose statutes are referenced above, Florida has no law that specifically prohibits the placement or hanging of objects inside or upon the vehicle, including from the rearview mirror.”
Classy Cycles, Inc. v. Bay Cnty., 201 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “2937 (emissions standards), § 316.294 (mirrors), § 316,2952 (windshields), § 316.”
Leslie v. State, 108 So. 3d 722 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). “” § 316.294, Fla. Stat. (2011). This statute does not require a center rearview mirror if one or more side mirrors meet its requirement, so here, the officer’s belief to the contrary was a mistake of law.”
United States v. Deondre Bain (11th Cir. 2025). “Second, he contends that the officers failed to establish a violation USCA11 Case: 24-10480 Document: 32-1 Date Filed: 08/20/2025 Page: 8 of 12 8 Opinion of the Court 24-10480 of Fla. Stat. § 316.294 because the statute does not require the mir- ror to be to be affixed to the…”
State v. Gary Coley, 157 So. 3d 542 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). “There we explained that “[b]ecause section 316.294 requires that a vehicle have ‘a’ mirror capable of viewing 200 feet behind the vehicle, the absence of a single mirror on the exterior of the car neither violates the statute nor renders the vehicle unsafe by an objectively…”
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