CopyCited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 1125032
...r side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver which materially obstructs the driver's view. 625 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-503(c) (2004). D. The Situation in Florida In Florida, vehicles are required to be equipped with rearview mirrors. § 316.294, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14507
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316.262 (performance ability of brakes), §
316.263 (maintenance of brakes), §
316.271 (horns and warning devices), §
316.272 (exhaust system), §
316.293 (noise), §
316.2935 (air pollution control equipment), §
316.2937 (emissions standards), §
316.294 (mirrors), § 316,2952 (windshields), §
316.2953 (side windows), §
316.2954 (windows behind driver), §
316.2955 (window sunscreening material), §
316.299 (ban on rough surfaced wheels), §
316.303 (ban on television receivers), § 316....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 3519, 2013 WL 811673, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 547
...ment under section 816.610, Florida Statutes (2011) (making it illegal to drive a vehicle that is unsafe or not equipped as required by law). At the suppression hearing, the State argued the facts also supported the officer making a stop pursuant to section 316.294, Florida Statutes (2011) (requiring “a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor vehicle....”)....
...zard. Id. at 290 . An objectively reasonable standard is used to make that determination. The court held the State had failed to meet its burden of demonstrating the vehicle was unsafe. Id. at 297 . Here, the defendant claims his car did not violate section 316.294 because the statute requires that a vehicle only have “a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor vehicle.” 2 The defendant relies on two circuit court appellate decisions, Veltri v....
...street, on which vehicle the rear window is composed of, covered by, or treated with any material which has the effect of making the window nontransparent, unless the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides that meet the requirements of s. 316.294....
...e.” 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. at 435. In Clancey, the court similarly held that the fact that the vehicle “had a wooden bumper and no exterior side mirror did not provide a lawful basis for a traffic stop.” 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1112 . Because section 316.294 requires that a vehicle have “a” mirror capable of viewing 200 feet behind the vehicle, the absence of a single mirror on the exterior of the car neither violates the statute nor renders the vehicle unsafe by an objectively reason...
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 756915, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 3293
...State,
961 So.2d 284, 298 (Fla.2007); State v. Wimberly,
988 So.2d 116 , 119 n. 2 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). Florida law requires a vehicle to have “a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor vehicle.” §
316.294, Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2616, 2015 WL 774640
...missing a side view mirror on the driver’s side and cited him under a
statute requiring “a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of
the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motor
vehicle.” Id. There we explained that “[b]ecause section 316.294 requires
that a vehicle have ‘a’ mirror capable of viewing 200 feet behind the vehicle,
the absence of a single mirror on the exterior of the car neither violates the
statute nor renders the vehicle unsafe by an objectively reason...
