Home
Menu
Call attorney Graham Syfert at 904-383-7448
Personal Injury Lawyer
Florida Statute 316.1235 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
F.S. 316.1235 Case Law from Google Scholar
Statute is currently reporting as:
Link to State of Florida Official Statute Google Search for Amendments to 316.1235

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
View Entire Chapter
F.S. 316.1235
316.1235 Vehicle approaching intersection in which traffic lights are inoperative.The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection in which the traffic lights are inoperative shall stop in the manner indicated in s. 316.123(2) for approaching a stop intersection. In the event that only some of the traffic lights within an intersection are inoperative, the driver of a vehicle approaching an inoperative light shall stop in the above-prescribed manner. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.s. 2, ch. 77-229; s. 120, ch. 99-248.

F.S. 316.1235 on Google Scholar

F.S. 316.1235 on Casetext

Amendments to 316.1235


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.1235
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.1235.


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.1235
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.1235 INOPERATIVE TRAFFIC LIGHT - Failed to stop - Points on Drivers License: 3


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SEARCY, v. ZAWACKIS, 55 So. 3d 660 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . See § 316.1235, Fla. . . .

GOLDBERG, v. FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY,, 899 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 2005)

. . . motorists driving through this intersection had a duty to know whether the traffic light was working, § 316.1235 . . . Citing section 316.1235 of the Florida Statutes (1979), which required drivers to treat an inoperable . . . See § 316.1235, Fla. Stat. (2003). . . .

FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, a v. GOLDBERG, Co-, 856 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . The traffic ordinances of Florida Statute §§ 316.1235 (stopping) and 316.1925 (careless driving) were . . . COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE FPL correctly asserts that under sections 316.1235, 316.123(2)(a), Florida Statutes . . .

LEVY, v. FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, a a a, 798 So. 2d 778 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . The third district noted that the two drivers involved in the accident had not complied with section 316.1235 . . . See § 316.1235, Fla. . . .

GULLEY, v. PIERCE, a a, 625 So. 2d 45 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Turning to the first requested instruction, pertaining to the effect of a violation of section 316.1235 . . . The appellees respond, however, that an instruction relating to a violation of section 316.1235 was inapplicable . . . We therefore conclude that by using the term “traffic lights” in section 316.1235, the legislature clearly . . . To correct the omission, the legislature added section 316.1235 in 1977, requiring all drivers to stop . . . Traffic Control Law provide uniformity, we conclude that the term “traffic lights,” as used in section 316.1235 . . .

CITY OF MIAMI, v. BURLEY,, 596 So. 2d 1133 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . committed reversible error by refusing to instruct the jury, upon the City’s request, as to Sections 316.1235 . . . but, contrary to the City of Miami’s argument, was not “inoperative” within the meaning of Section 316.1235 . . .

EDER, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES,, 463 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Trooper Chafey recalled that Florida Statute 316.1235 requires motorists to treat a non-functioning traffic . . .

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, v. V. COLINA,, 456 So. 2d 1233 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . As previously noted, section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1979) requires drivers to treat intersections . . . His stop complied, whether knowingly or not, with section 316.1235, Florida Statutes (1979). 316.1235 . . .