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1998 Florida Statutes

SECTION 405
Motorcycle headlights to be turned on.

316.405  Motorcycle headlights to be turned on.--

(1)  Any person who operates a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle on the public streets or highways shall, while so engaged, have the headlight or headlights of such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle turned on. Failure to comply with this section during the hours from sunrise to sunset, unless compliance is otherwise required by law, shall not be admissible as evidence of negligence in a civil action.

(2)  Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not be deemed negligence per se in any civil action, but the violation of this section may be considered on the issue of negligence if the violation of this section is a proximate cause of an accident.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 71-351; s. 1, ch. 76-31.

Note.--Former s. 316.2431.