Florida · Florida Statutes — Title XXIII, Motor Vehicles

Fla. Stat. (Motor Vehicles) § 316.156: Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps

Infraction

What this law says, in plain English

Motor vehicles must use hand signals or signal lamps to indicate stops and turns. Larger vehicles exceeding specific width or length measurements must use signal lamps. Violations are noncriminal traffic infractions.

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