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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to the operation of motorcycles; amending |
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s. 316.209, F.S.; providing that certain prohibitions |
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concerning the operation of motorcycles do not apply to |
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firefighters in the performance of their official duties; |
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providing an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Section 316.209, Florida Statutes, is amended |
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to read: |
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316.209 Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for |
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traffic.-- |
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(1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and |
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no motor vehicle shall be driven in such manner as to deprive |
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any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall |
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not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane. |
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(2) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and |
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pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. |
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(3) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of |
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traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles. |
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(4) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two |
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abreast in a single lane. |
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(5) Subsections (2) and (3) doshallnot apply to police |
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officers or firefightersin the performance of their official |
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duties. |
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(6) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic |
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infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in |
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chapter 318. |
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Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |