CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11416, 2010 WL 3034883
...The sole argument made on appeal is that Sergeant Haines had a reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle, because he feared that the defendant was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Whether Sergeant Haines had probable cause to stop the defendant for a traffic infraction is questionable in any event. Section 316.1515, Florida Statutes prohibits a driver from making a U-turn only if such a turn is prohibited by a posted traffic sign or if the turn cannot be made safely and without interfering with traffic....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 19462
...flow of traffic.” This argument appears to have three sources: First, the failure to signal a turn can constitute a traffic offense under section
316.155 if the turn affects traffic. See State v. Riley,
638 So.2d 507, 508 (Fla.1994). Second, under section
316.1515, a U-turn can amount to a traffic offense if it interferes with traffic or cannot be made safely....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 WL 5184905
...e flow of traffic." This argument appears to have three sources: First, the failure to signal a turn can constitute a traffic offense under section
316.155 if the turn affects traffic. See State v. Riley,
638 So.2d 507, 508 (Fla.1994). Second, under section
316.1515, a U-turn can amount to a traffic offense if it interferes with traffic or cannot be made safely....
CopyPublished | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 9505, 1999 WL 497503
...denial of his motion to suppress all evidence obtained from a traffic stop. Bender argues that, based upon the objective evidence in the record, the arresting officer lacked probable cause to make the traffic stop for an illegal U-turn under either section
316.1515 1 or section
316.152, 2 Florida Statutes (1997)....
...3d DCA 1998)(“[U]nder Whren, the test is whether an officer could have stopped the vehicle for a traffic infraction.”). We agree with Bender that the record contains no objective evidence that his U-tnrn interfered with other traffic or was contrary to posted traffic control signs so as to constitute a violation of section
316.1515 or was made directly upon a curve in violation of section
316.152....
...See Crooks v. State,
710 So.2d 1041, 1043 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). The testimony of the arresting officer, however, is sufficient to establish that probable cause existed for a stop on the grounds that the U-turn created a reasonable safety concern under section
316.1515....
...— which together constituted reasonable grounds for the stop. Because the objective evidence in the record was sufficient to establish probable cause for the instant traffic stop, we affirm. AFFIRMED. BOOTH, MINER AND VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR. . Section 316.1515, Florida Statutes (1997) states as follows: The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other...
