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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
State Uniform Traffic Control
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Section 316.1985, Florida Statutes 2000

316.1985  Limitations on backing.--

(1)  The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic.

(2)  The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any limited access facility.

(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. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 149, ch. 99-248.

Note.--Former s. 316.098.