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House Bill 0133




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 133

        By Representative Lacasa






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state uniform traffic

  3         control; amending ss. 316.075 and 316.192,

  4         F.S.; revising language with respect to traffic

  5         control signal devices; providing that reckless

  6         driving shall include violations for running a

  7         red light; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

12  316.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         316.075  Traffic control signal devices.--Except for

14  automatic warning signal lights installed or to be installed

15  at railroad crossings, whenever traffic, including municipal

16  traffic, is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting

17  different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows,

18  successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors

19  green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special

20  pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and the lights

21  shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and

22  pedestrians as follows:

23         (2)  STEADY YELLOW INDICATION.--

24         (a)  Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is

25  thereby warned that the related green movement is being

26  terminated, or that a red indication will be exhibited

27  immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter

28  the intersection, and is thereby advised that there may be

29  insufficient time to cross the intersection safely and that

30  other vehicles may be entering the intersection as permitted

31  by their traffic control signal device.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 133

    574-111A-97






  1         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 316.192, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         316.192  Reckless driving.--

  4         (2)  Any person convicted of reckless driving shall be

  5  punished:

  6         (a)  Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a

  7  period of not more than 90 days or by fine of not less than

  8  $25 nor more than $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

  9         (b)  On a second or subsequent conviction, by

10  imprisonment for not more than 6 months or by a fine of not

11  less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and

12  imprisonment. In addition, if the person's reckless driving

13  causes or results in the death of another, the person may

14  serve 120 community hours as provided in s. 316.027(4).

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16  Any person who violates s. 316.075(3)(a) shall be guilty of

17  reckless driving.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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21                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that a person who runs a red light shall be
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