| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to traffic control signals; amending s. |
| 3 | 316.0745, F.S.; requiring the manual of uniform traffic |
| 4 | control devices published by the Department of |
| 5 | Transportation to provide for yellow signal display |
| 6 | durations based on traffic approach speed; requiring |
| 7 | certification of the approach speed and display duration |
| 8 | by the state, county, or municipal engineer; amending s. |
| 9 | 316.075, F.S.; requiring traffic control signals to |
| 10 | maintain such yellow signal display durations; providing |
| 11 | an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 316.0745, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 316.0745 Uniform signals and devices.- |
| 18 | (2) The Department of Transportation shall compile and |
| 19 | publish a manual of uniform traffic control devices which |
| 20 | defines the uniform system adopted pursuant to subsection (1), |
| 21 | and shall compile and publish minimum specifications for traffic |
| 22 | control signals and devices certified by it as conforming with |
| 23 | the uniform system. |
| 24 | (a) The department shall make copies of such manual and |
| 25 | specifications available to all counties, municipalities, and |
| 26 | other public bodies having jurisdiction of streets or highways |
| 27 | open to the public in this state. |
| 28 | (b) The manual shall provide for the use of regulatory |
| 29 | speed signs in work zone areas. The installation of such signs |
| 30 | is exempt from the provisions of s. 335.10. |
| 31 | (c) The manual shall provide for a minimum yellow signal |
| 32 | display duration on traffic control signals based on the actual |
| 33 | 85th percentile approach speed. The 85th percentile approach |
| 34 | speed is the speed at or below which 85 percent of free-flowing |
| 35 | traffic is traveling. |
| 36 | 1. The minimum yellow signal display duration shall be 3 |
| 37 | seconds for traffic control signals on streets with actual 85th |
| 38 | percentile approach speeds of 25 miles per hour or less. |
| 39 | 2. The minimum yellow signal display duration shall be |
| 40 | increased one-half second for each increase of 5 miles per hour |
| 41 | in the 85th percentile approach speed above 25 miles per hour, |
| 42 | not to exceed 6 seconds or 55 miles per hour in the 85th |
| 43 | percentile approach speed. |
| 44 | 3. Approach speeds and minimum yellow signal display |
| 45 | durations must be certified by the municipal, county, or state |
| 46 | engineer. |
| 47 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 48 | 316.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 49 | 316.075 Traffic control signal devices.- |
| 50 | (3)(a) A No traffic control signal device may not shall be |
| 51 | used unless it exhibits which does not exhibit a yellow or |
| 52 | "caution" light between the green or "go" signal and the red or |
| 53 | "stop" signal. The yellow light display must meet the duration |
| 54 | requirements under s. 316.0745 as provided for in the manual of |
| 55 | uniform traffic control devices published by the Department of |
| 56 | Transportation. |
| 57 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |