Original source: Florida Statutes online (2014)
Title XXIII - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316 - STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

316.2952  Windshields; requirements; restrictions.--

(1)  A windshield in a fixed and upright position, which  windshield  is  equipped 
with safety glazing as required by federal safety-glazing material  standards,  is 
required on every motor vehicle which is operated on the public  highways,  roads, 
and streets, except on a motorcycle or implement of husbandry. 

(2)  A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road,  or 
street with any sign, sunscreening material, product, or covering attached to,  or 
located in or upon, the windshield, except the following: 

  (a)  A certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law. 

  (b)  Sunscreening material along a strip at the top of the windshield,  so  long 
  as such material is transparent and does not encroach upon the  driver's  direct 
  forward viewing area as more particularly described and defined in Federal Motor 
  Vehicle Safety Standards No. 205 as the AS/1 portion of the windshield. 

  (c)  A device, issued by a governmental entity as defined in s. 334.03,  or  its 
  designee, for the purpose of electronic toll payments. 

  (d)  A global positioning system device or similar satellite receiver device that
  uses the global positioning system operated pursuant to  10  U.S.C.  s.  2281  to
  obtain navigation, to improve driver safety as a component of  safety  monitoring
  equipment capable of providing driver feedback, or to otherwise route information
  while the motor vehicle is being operated.

(3)  The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped  with  a  device  for 
cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall  be 
constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle. 

(4)  Every windshield wiper upon a motor  vehicle  shall  be  maintained  in  good 
working order. 

(5)  Grove equipment, including "goats," "highlift-goats," grove  chemical  supply 
tanks, fertilizer  distributors,  fruit-loading  equipment,  and  electric-powered 
vehicles regulated under  the  provisions  of  s. 316.267,  are  exempt  from  the 
requirements of this section. However, such electric-powered vehicles  shall  have 
a windscreen approved by the department sufficient to give protection  from  wind, 
rain, or insects, and such windscreen shall be in place whenever  the  vehicle  is 
operated on the public roads and highways. 

(6)  A former military vehicle is exempt from the requirements of this section  if 
the department  determines  that  the  exemption  is  necessary  to  maintain  the 
vehicle's accurate military design and markings. However, whenever the vehicle  is 
operating on the public roads and highways, the operator and passengers must  wear 
eye-protective  devices  approved  by  the  department.  For  purposes   of   this 
subsection, "former military  vehicle"  means  a  vehicle,  including  a  trailer, 
regardless of the vehicle's  size,  weight,  or  year  of  manufacture,  that  was 
manufactured for use in  any  country's  military  forces  and  is  maintained  to 
represent its military design and markings accurately. 

(7)  A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic  infraction,  punishable 
as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318. 

History.--s. 1, ch. 84-296;  s. 15,  ch. 93-164;  s. 208,  ch. 99-248;  s. 1,  ch.
2003-286; s. 1, ch. 2005-47; s. 8, ch. 2010-223; s. 13, ch. 2014-216


Retranscribed by: Todd L. Sherman/KB4MHH
Last updated: March 11, 2015.

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