| 1 | Representative(s) Kriseman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | On page 2, line 26, through page 4, line 19, |
| 5 | Remove all of said lines, and insert: |
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| 7 | cross a roadway when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk and is |
| 8 | upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is |
| 9 | traveling. |
| 10 | b. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control |
| 11 | signal as provided in s. 316.0755, pedestrians facing a steady |
| 12 | red signal shall not enter the roadway. |
| 13 | (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic |
| 14 | infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as either a |
| 15 | pedestrian violation or, if the infraction resulted from the |
| 16 | operation of a vehicle, as a moving violation. |
| 17 | Section 2. Section 316.130, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 18 | to read: |
| 19 | 316.130 Pedestrians; Pedestrian obedience to traffic |
| 20 | control devices and traffic regulations.-- |
| 21 | (1) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any |
| 22 | official traffic control device specifically applicable to the |
| 23 | pedestrian unless otherwise directed by a police officer. |
| 24 | (2) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control |
| 25 | signals at intersections as provided in s. 316.075, but at all |
| 26 | other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and be |
| 27 | subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter. |
| 28 | (3) Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall, |
| 29 | unless required by other circumstances, walk along and upon the |
| 30 | portion of a roadway paved for vehicular traffic. |
| 31 | (4) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian |
| 32 | walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk |
| 33 | only on the shoulder on the left side of the roadway in relation |
| 34 | to the pedestrian's direction of travel, facing traffic which |
| 35 | may approach from the opposite direction. |
| 36 | (5) No person shall stand in the portion of a roadway |
| 37 | paved for vehicular traffic for the purpose of soliciting a |
| 38 | ride, employment, or business from the occupant of any vehicle. |
| 39 | (6) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street |
| 40 | or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or |
| 41 | guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a |
| 42 | street or highway. |
| 43 | (7)(a) The driver of a vehicle at an intersection with a |
| 44 | traffic control signal in place shall stop before entering the |
| 45 | crosswalk and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian, with a |
| 46 | permitted signal, to cross a roadway when the pedestrian is in |
| 47 | the crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway upon which the |
| 48 | vehicle is traveling. |
| 49 | (b) The driver of a vehicle at any crosswalk where signage |
| 50 | so indicates shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian |
| 51 | to cross a roadway when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk and |
| 52 | is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is |
| 53 | traveling. |
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| 57 | On page 1, lines 6-7, |
| 58 | Remove all of said lines, and insert: |
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| 60 | pedestrian is in the crosswalk; providing penalties; |