Florida Statute 316.195 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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316.195 Additional parking regulations.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, or its left wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(3) Local authorities may, by ordinance, permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any state road unless the Department of Transportation has determined by resolution or order entered in its minutes that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.

(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 144, ch. 99-248.

Note.—Former s. 316.161.

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S316.195 Improper parking (two-way roadway/one-way roadway/angle) - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.195 (1) Improper Parking two-way roadway - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.195 (2) Improper Parking Against flow/curb one-way - Points on Drivers License: 0

Cases Citing Statute 316.195

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Koppelman v. State, 876 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1335914

...Here, as Luther conceded, when he first saw Koppelman's vehicle he did not know why it was there. He further admitted that he thought it was suspicious based on his previous experience of other incidents in the area. Interestingly, although not cited by either party, section 316.195, Florida Statutes, provides as follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway." § 316.195, Fla....

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State v. Battle (Fla. 2d DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

such a 1 See § 316.195(2), Fla. Stat. (2015) (requiring that vehicles

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