Originally Posted by
Bekologist
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Florida law doesn't allow passing in no passing zones. However, cyclists are frequently, even consistently passed across double yellows in Florida.
316.0875 No-passing zones.—(1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.
(2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway with such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
(3) This section does not apply when an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway, nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.
(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 111, ch. 99-248.
Note.—Former s. 316.086.
Florida courts have decided that SMVs are obstructions which may be passed in a no passing zone, provided it is done safely. Of note, in Florida the term has been changed to low-speed vehicles (LSV) when they started allowing the old folk to drive their golf carts on the roads.