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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. 316.225
316.225 Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps.
(1) Reflectors, when required by s. 316.2225, shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not more than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 24 inches, the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.
(a) The rear reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.
(b) Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the taillamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this chapter.
(2) Clearance lamps shall, so far as is practicable, be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate the extreme height and width of the vehicle. When rear identification lamps are required and are mounted as high as is practicable, rear clearance lamps may be mounted at optional height, and when the mounting of front clearance lamps results in such lamps failing to indicate the extreme width of the trailer, such lamps may be mounted at optional height but must indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme width of the trailer. Clearance lamps on truck tractors shall be located so as to indicate the extreme width of the truck tractor cab. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination provided illumination is given as required herein with reference to both.
(3) 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. 24, ch. 76-31; s. 177, ch. 99-248.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.225
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.225.


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.225
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.225 LIGHTS - CLEARANCE/SIDE MARKER (Improper mounting) - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.225 (1) Incorrect mount of reflector - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.225 (1)(b) Improper reflector - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.225 (2) Clear/Side Marker Lamp Bad Mount - Points on Drivers License: 0


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