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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
Motor Vehicles
Chapter 316
State Uniform Traffic Control
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Section 316.209, Florida Statutes 2001

316.209  Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic.--

(1)  All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.

(2)  The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(3)  No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(4)  Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.

(5)  Subsections (2) and (3) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.

(6)  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. 165, ch. 99-248.

Note.--Former s. 316.109.