Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 316.510 (2025)
Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.
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316.510 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.—No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the fenders on the left side of the vehicle or extending more than 6 inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Note.—Former s. 316.197.
Civil Citations under F.S. 316.510
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.510PROJECTING LOAD on passenger type vehicle (Width)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Kowkabany v. Home Depot, Inc., 606 So. 2d 716 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).
Kowkabany v. Home Depot, Inc., 606 So. 2d 716 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). “Home Depot's liability was initially expressly predicated, in part, upon a violation of section 316.510, Florida Statutes, [2] which prohibits operating a vehicle with a load extending more than 6 inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side.”
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