Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 316.2952 (2025)

Windshields; requirements; restrictions.

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316.2952 Windshields; requirements; restrictions.—

(1) A windshield in a fixed and upright position, which windshield is equipped with safety glazing as required by federal safety-glazing material standards, is required on every motor vehicle which is operated on the public highways, roads, and streets, except on a motorcycle or implement of husbandry.

(2) A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road, or street with any sign, sunscreening material, product, or covering attached to, or located in or upon, the windshield, except the following:

(a) A certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law.

(b) Sunscreening material along a strip at the top of the windshield, so long as such material is transparent and does not encroach upon the driver’s direct forward viewing area as more particularly described and defined in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 205 as the AS/1 portion of the windshield.

(c) A device, issued by a governmental entity as defined in s. 334.03, or its designee, for the purpose of electronic toll payments.

(d) A global positioning system device or similar satellite receiver device that uses the global positioning system operated pursuant to 10 U.S.C. s. 2281 to obtain navigation, to improve driver safety as a component of safety monitoring equipment capable of providing driver feedback, or to otherwise route information while the motor vehicle is being operated.

(3) The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.

(4) Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.

(5) Grove equipment, including “goats,” “highlift-goats,” grove chemical supply tanks, fertilizer distributors, fruit-loading equipment, and electric-powered vehicles regulated under the provisions of s. 316.267, are exempt from the requirements of this section. However, such electric-powered vehicles shall have a windscreen approved by the department sufficient to give protection from wind, rain, or insects, and such windscreen shall be in place whenever the vehicle is operated on the public roads and highways.

(6) A former military vehicle is exempt from the requirements of this section if the department determines that the exemption is necessary to maintain the vehicle’s accurate military design and markings. However, whenever the vehicle is operating on the public roads and highways, the operator and passengers must wear eye-protective devices approved by the department. For purposes of this subsection, “former military vehicle” means a vehicle, including a trailer, regardless of the vehicle’s size, weight, or year of manufacture, that was manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and is maintained to represent its military design and markings accurately.

(7) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 1, ch. 84-296; s. 15, ch. 93-164; s. 208, ch. 99-248; s. 1, ch. 2003-286; s. 1, ch. 2005-47; s. 8, ch. 2010-223; s. 13, ch. 2014-216.

Civil Citations under F.S. 316.2952

Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension

§316.2952(1)WINDSHIELDS - Not equipped or upright—

§316.2952(2)WINDSHIELDS - Sign/covering/sunscreen material on—

§316.2952(2)(b)Improper Sunscreen at top of windshield—

§316.2952(3)WINDSHIELD WIPERS - none—

§316.2952(4)WINDSHIELD WIPERS - faulty—

§316.2952(5)Windscreen required on grove equipment—

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1995–2019 · leading case: Hilton v. State, 961 So. 2d 284 (Fla. 2007).

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Hilton v. State, 961 So. 2d 284 (Fla. 2007). · cites it 20× “§ 316.2952, Fla. Stat. (2001). In holding that the stop of Hilton was proper under section 316.”

Hilton v. State, 901 So. 2d 155 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). · cites it 8× “Section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2001), provides that a windshield is required on every motor vehicle and that a violation of this statute is a noncriminal traffic infraction.”

Gordon v. State, 901 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). · cites it 11× “Deputy Gershin and Deputy Deutsch testified at the hearing that the air fresheners in Gordon's Cadillac obstructed the driver's view of the roadway in violation of section 316.2952(2), Florida Statutes (2003).”

State v. Daniel, 665 So. 2d 1040 (Fla. 1995). · cites it 2× “Section 316.2952(4), Florida Statutes (1991), states: Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.”

State v. Howard, 909 So. 2d 390 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). · cites it 4× “" However, section 316.2952 "says nothing about cracks.”

State v. Burke, 902 So. 2d 955 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). · cites it 2× “Section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2003), provides that a windshield is required on every motor vehicle and that a violation of this statute is a noncriminal traffic infraction.”

Ivory v. State, 898 So. 2d 184 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). · cites it 2× “In his motion, he admitted that he was driving an automobile with a cracked windshield when the deputy stopped him; however, Ivory stated that the crack did not impair his vision and endangered neither him nor members of the public.”

C.G. & C.G. v. R.C. (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). · cites it 7× “See § 316.2952, Fla. Stat. (2001).” Id. In giving effect to the operative language in both statutes, the supreme court reasoned that any other problems with windshields, such as chips, dings, or cracks, are not within section 316.”

Paul v. State, 991 So. 2d 404 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). · cites it 2× “610 did not authorize an officer to stop a vehicle for any windshield crack under the "`not in proper adjustment or repair' provision of subsection *406 (1)"; because section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2001), did not require a windshield free from cracks, a vehicle stop for a…”

Swagerty v. State, 982 So. 2d 19 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). · cites it 3× “See § 316.2952, Fla. Stat. (2001). As we noted in Doctor, interpreting section 316.”

— 316.2952(1) — 1 case

State v. Howard, 909 So. 2d 390 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). “" However, section 316.2952 "says nothing about cracks.”

— 316.2952(2) — 1 case

Gordon v. State, 901 So. 2d 399 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). “Deputy Gershin and Deputy Deutsch testified at the hearing that the air fresheners in Gordon's Cadillac obstructed the driver's view of the roadway in violation of section 316.2952(2), Florida Statutes (2003).”

— 316.2952(4) — 1 case

State v. Daniel, 665 So. 2d 1040 (Fla. 1995). “Section 316.2952(4), Florida Statutes (1991), states: Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.”

— 316.2952(6) — 1 case

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