IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF TRAFFIC COURT 6.445
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The Florida Supreme Court amended Rule of Traffic Court 6.445 to require that citations identify the specific type of speed measuring device used, including stopwatch measurements. The Court rejected a proposal to establish separate requirements for stopwatch-based measurements.
The Court amended Rule 6.445 to clarify that citations must identify the specific type of speed measuring device used to measure the driver's speed, including stopwatch as one category. The Court declined to establish a separate set of requirements specifically for stopwatch-based measurements.
[1] A citation for a traffic infraction must identify the specific type of speed measuring device used by the citing officer.
[2] The Florida Rules of Traffic Court may be amended by the Supreme Court of Florida following a report from the Traffic Court Rules Committee.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“The electronic or mechanical speed measuring device used by the citing officer must be identified on the citation by its type (such as Radar, Laser, Pace Car, Vascar, Lidar, and airplane with stopwatch)”
Establishes the core amendment requiring specific identification of speed measuring device types on citations
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe Florida Bar's Traffic Court Rules Committee proposed amendments to Rule 6.445 governing discovery in infraction cases. The Committee's proposal ad…
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PER CURIAM.
The Florida Bar's Traffic Court Rules Committee filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.445 (Discovery: Infractions Only).1 The Court published the proposal, and no comments were received.
Having considered the Committee's proposal, we amend rule 6.445 to clarify that citations must identify the specific type of speed measuring device used to measure the driver's speed. However, we decline to further amend the rule to establish a separate set of requirements to be followed when the speed measuring device used is a stopwatch.
1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).
Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Traffic Court are amended as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type.
The amendments to the rule shall become effective July 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m.
It is so ordered.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur. THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER