Florida Statute 316.073 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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316.073 Applicability to animals and animal-drawn vehicles.—Every person driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application. The provisions of this chapter applicable to pedestrians, with the exception of s. 316.130(3), apply to any person riding or leading an animal upon a roadway or the shoulder thereof.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 1, ch. 83-88.

Note.—Former s. 316.052.

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Cases Citing Statute 316.073

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Jones v. State, 842 So. 2d 889 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 289244

...a horse at 11:30 at night at a full gallop down a paved road"; and (2) the potential endangerment to others that resulted from this action. However, neither of these activities provides probable cause that Jones committed a traffic infraction. Under section 316.073, Florida Statutes (2001), a person on horseback is not subject to the provisions regulating motor vehicles, but is subject to provisions applying to pedestrians....

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United States v. Smith, 772 F.3d 680 (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 WL 6725819

2065 (listing regulations for bicycles); id. § 316.073 (noting regulations for animals and animal-drawn

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1993).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

street or highway for purposes of travel."3 Section 316.073, Florida Statutes, expressly states that every

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