texting while driving

After helping craft a 2019 law that strengthened Florida’s ban on texting while driving, Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, is seeking to require motorists to go fully “hands free” while using wireless phones.

“Enforcement time” has come for motorists caught texting and driving by Florida Highway Patrol troopers.The arrival of the 2020 brings a handful of…

Put your phone down while you are driving to avoid getting a ticket in Florida. Starting Monday, law enforcement officers can pull motorists over solely...

Beginning in July, Florida police can pull over drivers they suspect of texting while driving. That’s according to a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis…

Law enforcement officers could pull over motorists they see texting and driving on Florida roads, under a bill now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis favors a House plan to crack down on texting while driving, as the Senate on Wednesday delayed for at least a day a separate measure...

Law-enforcement officers could pull over motorists they see texting and driving, under a measure approved Tuesday by the House despite concerns the...

An effort to put more teeth into Florida’s ban on texting while driving continued its Senate journey Monday, after lawmakers stripped out proposals that...

A proposal that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for using cell phones while driving will be back before lawmakers in 2019.

The number of crashes caused by distracted drivers is growing. Last year in Florida more than 50,000 accidents resulted from drivers who weren’t focused...

Will Florida join most of the rest of the country and place an outright ban on texting and driving? Probably not anytime soon.The House overwhelmingly…

Florida’s governor is lending some support to a bill that would make texting while driving a primary offense.