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2002 Florida Statutes

SECTION 2004
Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism.
Section 316.2004, Florida Statutes 2002

316.2004  Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism.--

(1)  No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

(2)(a)  No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides or with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

(b)  No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of such vehicle which materially obstructs, obscures, or impairs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.

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

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 318, ch. 95-148; s. 151, ch. 99-248.

Note.--Former s. 316.093.