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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 316.2952316.2952 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.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.2952
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension
S316.2952 (1) WINDSHIELDS - Not equipped or upright - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.2952 (2) WINDSHIELDS - Sign/covering/sunscreen material on - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.2952 (2)(b) Improper Sunscreen at top of windshield - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.2952 (3) WINDSHIELD WIPERS - none - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.2952 (4) WINDSHIELD WIPERS - faulty - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.2952 (5) Windscreen required on grove equipment - Points on Drivers License: 0
Cases Citing Statute 316.2952
Total Results: 13
961 So. 2d 284, 2007 WL 1932071
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 5, 2007 | Docket: 1515768
Cited 35 times | Published
I). The court initially stated that while section 316.2952 of the Florida Statutes (2001) mandates that
665 So. 2d 1040, 1995 WL 568723
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 1995 | Docket: 1352097
Cited 26 times | Published
with reference thereto as may be appropriate.
Section 316.2952(4), Florida Statutes (1991), states:
Every
901 So. 2d 155, 30 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 453
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2005 | Docket: 1666294
Cited 16 times | Published
*157 was a noncriminal traffic infraction. Section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2001), provides that a
902 So. 2d 955, 2005 WL 1335208
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 8, 2005 | Docket: 1675022
Cited 6 times | Published
windshield was a proper basis for the stop.
Section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2003), provides that a
901 So. 2d 399, 2005 WL 1125032
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 13, 2005 | Docket: 1666237
Cited 5 times | Published
driver's view of the roadway in violation of section 316.2952(2), Florida Statutes (2003).[1] However, the
909 So. 2d 390, 2005 WL 1844508
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 5, 2005 | Docket: 1199116
Cited 4 times | Published
citation. See 29 Fla. L. Weekly at D1475. Section 316.2952(1), Florida Statutes (2004), requires motor
898 So. 2d 184, 2005 WL 562657
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 11, 2005 | Docket: 1448296
Cited 4 times | Published
endangered neither him nor members of the public.
Section 316.2952, Florida Statutes, provides that a vehicle
991 So. 2d 404, 2008 WL 4276328
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 19, 2008 | Docket: 1725302
Cited 1 times | Published
provision of subsection *406 (1)"; because section 316.2952, Florida Statutes (2001), did not require
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 27, 2020 | Docket: 18575605
Published
illegally tinted windows, in violation of Fla. Stat.
§ 316.2952(2); and (4) failing to obey a police officer
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 12, 2019 | Docket: 16189564
Published
supreme court by necessity had to turn to
section 316.2952, Florida Statutes, which “enumerates the specific
201 So. 3d 779, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14507
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2016 | Docket: 60257072
Published
2937 (emissions standards), § 316.294 (mirrors), § 316,2952 (windshields), § 316.2953 (side windows), § 316
982 So. 2d 19, 2008 WL 704192
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 2008 | Docket: 433656
Published
2d [442] at 446 [ (Fla.1992) ]. Similarly, section 316.2952 requires a windshield on vehicles, but does
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Nov 3, 1986 | Docket: 3255901
Published
exempted therefrom. See also, s.316.215, F.S. Section 316.2952(1) expressly provides:
A windshield in
