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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
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F.S. 316.125
316.125 Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway or emerging from alley, driveway or building.
(1) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway to be entered which are so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(2) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alley, building entrance, road or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon and shall yield to all vehicles and pedestrians which are so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(3) 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. 121, ch. 99-248.

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Amendments to 316.125


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.125
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.125.


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.125
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.125 FAILED TO YIELD/STOP at sidewalk - from alley/bldg./private road or driveway - Points on Drivers License: 3
S316.125 (1) FAILED TO YIELD at sidewalk - from alley/bldg./private road or driveway to vehicles approaching - Points on Drivers License: 3
S316.125 (2) FAILED TO YIELD/STOP at sidewalk - from alley/bldg./private road pr driveway to vehicles and pedestrians approaching - Points on Drivers License: 3


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. NELSON,, 183 So. 3d 1074 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . The statute at issue is section 316.125, Florida Statutes (2013), and it governs entry of vehicles onto . . . In granting the motions to suppress, the trial court explained its interpretation of section 316.125 . . . Thus, the meaning of section 316.125 is determinative in each case. . . . For purposes of clarity of discussion and completeness, we quote section 316.125 in its entirety: (1) . . . We note that section 316.125(2) recognizes that sidewalks or sidewalk areas may extend over driveways . . .

ROSENFELD, v. SELTZER,, 993 So. 2d 557 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . At the charge conference, the Rosen-felds requested the court to read section 316.125(2), Florida Statutes . . .

STATE v. RODRIGUEZ,, 904 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . The state argued that Rodriguez violated two Florida Statutes: Section 316.125(2), which requires a driver . . . Section 316.125 requires in subsection (1) that a vehicle entering the road from a private road or driveway . . . The court ruled that Rodriguez had not violated section 316.125, because there was no evidence that the . . . The trial court stated: [Section] 316.125 is not a model of clarity for the Courts. . . . PALMER and ORFINGER, JJ., concur. . 316.125. . . .

W. BEEMAN, v. T. COSMIDES,, 825 So. 2d 511 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Beeman maintains that section 316.125, Florida Statutes (2001), required Mrs. . . . Beeman also argues that the trial judge should have granted his request to have section 316.125 as well . . . Section 316.125 provides, in part: (2) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private . . .

STIVERS, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY,, 777 So. 2d 1023 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Stat. (2000) ("fire hazard”); §§ 316.081(l)(b), 316.087(l)(a) & (b), 316.122, 316.123, 316.125(1), 316.185 . . .

D. CRAIG v. SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY,, 679 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . The instruction based on section 316.125(1), Florida Statutes (1989), was properly given. . . .

CARATOZZOLA v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 38 Fla. Supp. 2d 9 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . . § 316.125. 2. . . .

STATE v. LEE, STATE v. G. JULIO,, 356 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 1978)

. . . .-123, 316.125, 316.126(1) or (3), 316.133, 316.-134, 316.138, 316.139, 316.151, 316.152, 316.-153, 316.154 . . .