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Fla. Stat. § 316.064

When driver unable to report

Known as the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law

The act spans §§ 316–316 (280 sections).

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 15, ch. 94-306; s. 86, ch. 99-248.

(1) A crash report is not required under this chapter from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of such incapacity.

(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making an immediate or a written report of a crash, as required in ss. 316.065 and 316.066, and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made the report not made by the driver.

(3) Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of a crash as required in this chapter, then the owner of the vehicle involved in the crash shall, within 10 days after the crash, make such report not made by the driver.

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

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.