Section 316.155 of Florida Statutes<\/a>\u00a0sets forths the times when a turn signal is required. \u00a0Any vehicle turning right or left or changing lanes, must use signal an intention to turn for at least 100 feet prior to turning or changing lanes. \u00a0Visually speaking, 100 feet is about the length of six cars lined up bumper to bumper.<\/p>\nThe purpose of the turn signal is to let other drivers know you are about to turn. \u00a0Turning on the signal after you have already stepped on your brakes is too late.<\/p>\n
Failure to comply with the law may result in a non-criminal moving violation so it is important to know the law and use your turn signal Floridians!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Contrary to what you may believe after driving on the Florida roadways, the turn signal is not optional. Though you might not know that if you drive daily on Florida streets. \u00a0Although many Floridians are loath to use it, the turn signal is required by law. So let’s take a quick look at Florida law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[19,23,51,43,80],"class_list":["post-4190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida-motorist-resources","tag-1800-citation","tag-florida-traffic-ticket-attorney","tag-florida-traffic-ticket-lawyer","tag-the-ticket-clinic","tag-using-your-turn-signal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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