Florida Statute 316.152 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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316.152 Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited.—No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near, the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 500 feet. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 127, ch. 99-248.

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S316.152 TURN - Improper on hill/curve - Points on Drivers License: 3

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Bender v. State, 737 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 9505, 1999 WL 497503

...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)....

...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....

...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 traffic and unless such movement is not prohibited by posted traffic control signs. . Section 316.152, Florida Statutes (1997) states as follows: No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near, the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver...

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