THE BILL ITSELF
HB 1365
Right Turns at Intersections Using Traffic Infraction Detectors
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A bill to be entitled
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An act relating to right turns at intersections using
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traffic infraction detectors; amending s. 316.075,
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F.S.; prohibiting certain right turns at intersections
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using traffic infraction detectors; requiring certain
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signage at such intersections; providing an effective
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date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
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316.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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316.075 Traffic control signal devices.—
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(1) Except for automatic warning signal lights installed
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or to be installed at railroad crossings, whenever traffic,
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including municipal traffic, is controlled by traffic control
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signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted
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arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the
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colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special
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pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and the lights shall
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indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as
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follows:
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(c) Steady red indication.—
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1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal shall stop
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before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
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intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection
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and shall remain standing until a green indication is shown;
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however:
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a. The driver of a vehicle which is stopped at a clearly
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marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on
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the near side of the intersection, or, if none then at the point
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nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of
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approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering
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the intersection in obedience to a steady red signal may make a
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right turn, but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and
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other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at the
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intersection, except that municipal and county authorities may
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prohibit any such right turn against a steady red signal at any
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intersection, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign
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giving notice thereof is erected in a location visible to
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traffic approaching the intersection. Right turns under this
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sub-subparagraph are prohibited at intersections using traffic
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infraction detectors pursuant to ss. 316.0083 and 316.0776, and
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a sign giving notice of such prohibition must be erected in a
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location visible to traffic approaching the intersection.
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b. The driver of a vehicle on a one-way street that
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intersects another one-way street on which traffic moves to the
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left shall stop in obedience to a steady red signal, but may
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then make a left turn into the one-way street, but shall yield
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the right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as
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directed by the signal at the intersection, except that
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municipal and county authorities may prohibit any such left turn
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as described, which prohibition shall be effective when a sign
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giving notice thereof is attached to the traffic control signal
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device at the intersection.
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2.a. The driver of a vehicle facing a steady red signal
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shall stop before entering the crosswalk and remain stopped to
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allow a pedestrian, with a permitted signal, to cross a roadway
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when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk or steps into the
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crosswalk and is upon the half of the roadway upon which the
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vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so
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closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in
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danger.
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b. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control
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signal as provided in s. 316.0755, pedestrians facing a steady
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red signal shall not enter the roadway.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.