Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1054
Barcode 277078
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
03/13/2013 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Clemens) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Before line 16
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Section 2 through Section 6 of this act may be
6 cited as the “Florida Highway Safety Act.”
7 Section 2. The intent of the Legislature is to reduce road
8 rage and traffic congestion by reducing the incidence of crashes
9 and driver interference with the movement of traffic and by
10 promoting the orderly, free flow of traffic on the roads and
11 highways of this state.
12 Section 3. Subsection (91) is added to section 316.003,
13 Florida Statutes, to read:
14 316.003 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when
15 used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
16 ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
17 otherwise requires:
18 (91) ROAD RAGE.—The intentional or unintentional act of a
19 driver or passenger, attributable to a loss of emotional
20 control, which injures or kills another driver, passenger,
21 bicyclist, or pedestrian, or in which the driver or passenger
22 attempts or threatens to injure or kill another driver,
23 passenger, bicyclist, or pedestrian.
24 Section 4. Present subsection (3) of section 316.083,
25 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), and a new
26 subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
27 316.083 Overtaking and passing a vehicle.—The following
28 rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles
29 proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations,
30 exceptions, and special rules hereinafter stated:
31 (3)(a) On a road, street, or highway that has two or more
32 lanes that allow movement in the same direction, a driver may
33 not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the furthermost left
34 hand lane if the driver knows, or reasonably should know, that
35 he or she is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a
36 motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed.
37 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a driver operating a
38 motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane if:
39 1. The driver is in the process of overtaking a slower
40 motor vehicle in the adjacent right-hand lane for the purpose of
41 passing the slower vehicle before moving to the adjacent right
42 hand lane;
43 2. Conditions preclude the driver from moving to the
44 adjacent right-hand lane;
45 3. The driver’s movement to the adjacent right-hand lane
46 could endanger the driver or other drivers;
47 4. The driver is directed by a law enforcement officer,
48 road sign, or road crew to remain in the furthermost left-hand
49 lane; or
50 5. The driver is preparing to make a left turn.
51 Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
52 made by this act to section 316.083, Florida Statutes, in a
53 reference thereto, section 316.1923, Florida Statutes, is
54 reenacted to read:
55 316.1923 Aggressive careless driving.—“Aggressive careless
56 driving” means committing two or more of the following acts
57 simultaneously or in succession:
58 (1) Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s.
59 322.27(3)(d)5.b.
60 (2) Unsafely or improperly changing lanes as defined in s.
61 316.085.
62 (3) Following another vehicle too closely as defined in s.
63 316.0895(1).
64 (4) Failing to yield the right-of-way as defined in s.
65 316.079, s. 316.0815, or s. 316.123.
66 (5) Improperly passing as defined in s. 316.083, s.
67 316.084, or s. 316.085.
68 (6) Violating traffic control and signal devices as defined
69 in ss. 316.074 and 316.075.
70 Section 6. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
71 Vehicles shall provide information about the Florida Highway
72 Safety Act in all driver license educational materials that are
73 newly printed on or after October 1, 2013.
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76 And the title is amended as follows:
77 Delete lines 2 - 3
78 and insert:
79 An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety
80 and Motor Vehicles; providing a short title; providing
81 legislative intent relating to road rage and traffic
82 congestion; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; defining the
83 term “road rage”; amending s. 316.083, F.S.; requiring
84 that an operator of a motor vehicle yield the
85 furthermost left-hand lane when being overtaken on a
86 multilane highway; providing exceptions; reenacting s.
87 316.1923, F.S., relating to aggressive careless
88 driving, to incorporate the amendments made to s.
89 316.083, F.S., in a reference thereto; requiring that
90 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
91 provide information about the act in driver license
92 educational materials that are newly published on or
93 after a specified date; amending s. 316.302, F.S.;