HOUSE AMENDMENT
779-100AXB-02 Bill No. CS/HB 175
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Machek offered the following:
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17 Section 5. Section 316.1923, Florida Statutes, is
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19 316.1923 Aggressive careless driving.--"Aggressive
20 careless driving" means committing two or more of the
21 following acts simultaneously or in succession:
22 (1) Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s.
23 322.27(3)(d)5.b.
24 (2) Unsafely or improperly changing lanes as defined
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26 (3) Following another vehicle too closely as defined
27 in s. 316.0895(1).
28 (4) Failing to yield the right-of-way as defined in s.
29 316.079, s. 316.0815, or s. 316.123.
30 (5) Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
31 316.084, or s. 316.085.
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1 (6) Violating traffic control and signal devices as
2 defined in ss. 316.074 and 316.075.
3 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
4 316.650, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
5 316.650 Traffic citations.--
6 (1)(a) The department shall prepare, and supply to
7 every traffic enforcement agency in this state, an appropriate
8 form traffic citation containing a notice to appear (which
9 shall be issued in prenumbered books with citations in
10 quintuplicate) and meeting the requirements of this chapter or
11 any laws of this state regulating traffic, which form shall be
12 consistent with the state traffic court rules and the
13 procedures established by the department. Upon all future
14 printings of the traffic citation, the form shall include a
15 special box which is to be checked by the law enforcement
16 officer when the officer believes that the traffic violation
17 or crash was due to aggressive careless driving as defined in
18 s. 316.1923.
19 Section 7. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
20 Vehicles shall prepare and deliver a report to the Speaker of
21 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
22 no later than December 1, 2002, setting forth the number of
23 incidents of aggressive careless driving in this state.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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30 creating s. 316.1923, F.S.; defining the term
31 "aggressive careless driving"; amending s.
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1 316.650, F.S.; requiring that the Department of
2 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles revise the
3 uniform traffic citation upon future printings,
4 to include a special check-off box for law
5 enforcement officers to use to indicate
6 aggressive careless driving; requiring the
7 department to make a report to the Legislature
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