[tabi] Fw: [fcb-l] florida pedestrian safety law

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  • Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:36:57 -0500

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Subject: [fcb-l] florida pedestrian safety law


Here is a copy of the law mr. truesdell wasn't charged with.

The 2013 Florida Statutes
Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
View Entire Chapter
316.130 
Pedestrians; traffic regulations.-
(1) 
A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device 
specifically
applicable to the pedestrian unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(2) 
Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections as 
provided
in s.
316.075
, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and be 
subject
to the restrictions stated in this chapter.
(3) 
Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall, unless required by other 
circumstances,
walk along and upon the portion of a roadway paved for vehicular traffic.
(4) 
Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and upon a 
highway
shall, when practicable, walk only on the shoulder on the left side of the 
roadway
in relation to the pedestrian's direction of travel, facing traffic which may 
approach
from the opposite direction.
(5) 
No person shall stand in the portion of a roadway paved for vehicular traffic 
for
the purpose of soliciting a ride, employment, or business from the occupant of 
any
vehicle.
(6) 
No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose 
of
soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be 
parked
on a street or highway.
(7)(a) 
The driver of a vehicle at an intersection that has a traffic control signal in 
place
shall stop before entering the crosswalk and remain stopped to allow a 
pedestrian,
with a permitted signal, to cross a roadway when the pedestrian is in the 
crosswalk
or steps into the crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway upon which the 
vehicle
is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite 
half
of the roadway as to be in danger.
(b) 
The driver of a vehicle at any crosswalk where signage so indicates shall stop 
and
remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross a roadway when the pedestrian is 
in
the crosswalk or steps into the crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway 
upon
which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely 
from
the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
(c) 
When traffic control signals are not in place or in operation and there is no 
signage
indicating otherwise, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, 
slowing
down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway 
within
a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the 
vehicle
is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite 
half
of the roadway as to be in danger. Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point 
where
a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall 
yield
the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(8) 
No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or 
run
into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the 
driver
to yield.
(9) 
Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked 
crosswalk
at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of 
any
other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped
vehicle.
(10) 
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked 
crosswalk
or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way 
to
all vehicles upon the roadway.
(11) 
Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in 
operation,
pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
(12) 
No pedestrian shall, except in a marked crosswalk, cross a roadway at any other 
place
than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the 
opposite
curb.
(13) 
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
(14) 
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by
official traffic control devices, and, when authorized to cross diagonally, 
pedestrians
shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic control devices 
pertaining
to such crossing movements.
(15) 
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle 
shall
exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or any person 
propelling
a human-powered vehicle and give warning when necessary and exercise proper 
precaution
upon observing any child or any obviously confused or incapacitated person.
(16) 
No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond 
the
bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has 
been
given. No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or under any crossing 
gate
or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while such gate or barrier is 
closed
or is being opened or closed.
(17) 
No pedestrian may jump or dive from a publicly owned bridge. Nothing in this 
provision
requires the state or any political subdivision of the state to post signs 
notifying
the public of this provision. The failure to post a sign may not be construed by
any court to create liability on the part of the state or any of its political 
subdivisions
for injuries sustained as a result of jumping or diving from a bridge in 
violation
of this subsection.
(18) 
No pedestrian shall walk upon a limited access facility or a ramp connecting a 
limited
access facility to any other street or highway; however, this subsection does 
not
apply to maintenance personnel of any governmental subdivision.
(19) 
A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable 
pursuant
to chapter 318 as either a pedestrian violation or, if the infraction resulted 
from
the operation of a vehicle, as a moving violation.
History.-
s. 1, ch. 71-135; ss. 1, 8, ch. 76-31; s. 2, ch. 83-68; ss. 1, 2, ch. 83-74; s. 
3,
ch. 84-309; s. 306, ch. 95-148; s. 123, ch. 99-248; s. 2, ch. 2008-33.
Note.-
Former s. 316.057.
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