The tabs to the left contain highlights and explanations of key sections of Florida law pertaining to bicycles. New (2019) editions of the Florida Bicycle Law Enforcement Guide and Florida Bicycling Street Smarts ( see FBA publications) reflect changes in traffic laws made by the 2019 Florida Legislature, incorporate updated crash statistics, and clarify key guidance. This is significant in that it allows bicyclists to anticipate dynamic conditions which have the potential to make a bike lane or far right lane position unsafe. Now, with compact, relatively moderately priced LED lights that can run for many hours on a charge (especially on flash or low-power settings), cyclists who ride with lights at night (as legally required) are cooking with gas, so to speak.įBA offers an authoritative source on Florida Bicycle Laws at Īs of 2012, Bicyclists are no longer required to keep at least one hand on the handlebars.Īs of 2011, the lane position and bike lane law include an exception for avoiding a potentially unsafe condition. Obtaining and maintaining pricey bicycle lights that required frequent recharging or replacement of batteries was once a nontrivial challenge for evening riders, providing a perennial theme of discussion and review in cycling magazines and online forums. To learn more about the how motorists can safely share the road with bicyclists, see our Info for Motorists page.Ī key 2012 amendment in the regulations allows bicycle lights to flash. To learn more about safe, predictable bicycling, see our Info for Bicyclists and Info for Group Riding pages. Adherence to the law is the foundation for this respect, but the law itself is simply a codification of the rules of movement that make all road users predictable to one another. There is only one road and it is up to bicyclists and motorists to treat each other with care and respect. These laws include stopping for stop signs and red lights, riding with the flow of traffic, using lights at night, yielding the right-of-way when entering a roadway and yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks.
Bicyclists have the same rights to the roadways, and must obey the same traffic laws as the drivers of other vehicles. In Florida the bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle and the bicyclist is a driver. Bicycle Traffic Law Overview of Florida Laws for Cyclists
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