SECTION 316.079. Duty to yield to highway construction workers.

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1(1) 2Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian worker and flagperson engaged in maintenance or construction work on a highway whenever the driver is reasonably and lawfully notified of the presence of such worker by a flagperson and a warning sign or device.
49(2) 50Every driver of a vehicle on public roadways shall yield the right-of-way to an escort vehicle or pedestrian flagperson that is engaged in the management of highway movements of an oversize vehicle permitted pursuant to s. 86316.550, 87provided the driver is reasonably and lawfully notified of the presence of such vehicle or flagperson.
103(3) 104A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.-s. 1, ch. 75-132; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 303, ch. 95-148; s. 13, ch. 95-257; s. 103, ch. 99-248.

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Note.-Former s. 316.0565.

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