House Bill hb0649

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 649

        By Representative Cusack






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state uniform traffic

  3         control; amending s. 316.121, F.S.; clarifying

  4         language with respect to vehicles approaching

  5         or entering intersections; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 316.121, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         316.121  Vehicles approaching or entering

13  intersections.--

14         (1)  The driver of a vehicle approaching an

15  intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which

16  has entered the intersection from a different highway.

17         (2)  When two vehicles enter an intersection from

18  different highways at the same time the driver of the vehicle

19  on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the

20  right.

21         (3)  The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a

22  state-maintained road or highway from a paved or unpaved road

23  and not subject to control by an official traffic control

24  device shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles

25  approaching on the state-maintained road or highway.

26         (4)  The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a

27  paved county-maintained road or highway from a non-maintained

28  paved or unpaved road and not subject to control by an

29  official traffic control device shall yield the right-of-way

30  to all vehicles approaching on the county-maintained road or

31  highway.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 649

    799-110A-02






  1         (5)(4)  The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross

  2  a paved county-maintained or city-maintained road or highway

  3  from an unpaved road or highway and not subject to control by

  4  an official traffic control device shall yield the

  5  right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on said paved road or

  6  highway.

  7         (6)(5)  The foregoing rules are modified at through

  8  highways and otherwise, as hereinafter stated.

  9         (7)(6)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal

10  traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as

11  provided in chapter 318.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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15                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that the driver of a vehicle about to enter or
17    cross a paved county-maintained road or highway from a
      non-maintained paved or unpaved road not subject to
18    control by an official traffic control device shall yield
      the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the
19    county-maintained road or highway.

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