My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Florida
316.2395 Motor vehicles; minimum headlamp requirement.—Any motor vehicle may be operated at nighttime under the conditions specified in ss. 316.237 and 316.239, when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 100 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in ss. 316.237 and 316.239. However, at no time when lighted lamps are required shall such motor vehicle be operated in excess of 20 miles per hour. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
My question deals with the bolded part.
1. with the plain mean rule, this says to me that all vehicles when lamps required must go 20 mph.
2. If not would it not be worded as "however when min headlamps are required, vehicles shall only go 20mph".
3. How would a citizen know if his beams were 100 or 150(316.237)feet?
4. how would an officer know?
5. no matter what the headlamp beam distance, is not driving 20 mph on most roads now a days a safety hazard?
316.2395 Motor vehicles; minimum headlamp requirement.—Any motor vehicle may be operated at nighttime under the conditions specified in ss. 316.237 and 316.239, when equipped with two lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 100 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in ss. 316.237 and 316.239. However, at no time when lighted lamps are required shall such motor vehicle be operated in excess of 20 miles per hour. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
My question deals with the bolded part.
1. with the plain mean rule, this says to me that all vehicles when lamps required must go 20 mph.
2. If not would it not be worded as "however when min headlamps are required, vehicles shall only go 20mph".
3. How would a citizen know if his beams were 100 or 150(316.237)feet?
4. how would an officer know?
5. no matter what the headlamp beam distance, is not driving 20 mph on most roads now a days a safety hazard?
Defective Equipment: Headlamp Statute
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