GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of Florida. For more information, consult the State Highway Safety Office.
From 2010 to 2017, pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities occurring after dark increased by 46% nationally. Trenda McPherson of the Florida State Safety Office addresses the factors causing many of these crashes.
Story by Mike Maciag
January 9, 2019
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee are partnering again for Operation Southern Shield, a high visibility enforcement period focusing on speeding. Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety Director and GHSA Vice Chair Harris Blackwood discusses.
Story by Isabel Hughes
July 11, 2018
With pedestrian fatalities on the rise nationally in recent years, Florida has implemented new approaches to enhancing pedestrian safety. GHSA Consultant Richard Retting discusses these efforts.
Article by Scott Rodd
May 15, 2018
Authorizes full deployment of AVs without a human operator.
Bicycle helmets required for all riders under 16.
Helmets required for riders under 21 or those with less than $10,000 in medical coverage for motorcycle-related injuries. Universal helmet law repealed in 2000.
Between 15 and 20 checkpoints are conducted each month. Their legality is upheld under federal Constitution.
8 years
80 and over: renewal every 6 years with vision test (in person or physician's letter if renewing by mail or electronically)
