According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a crash happens every 44 seconds in the state. With April being Distracted Driving Awareness month, Southwest Florida is becoming more aware of its crash and accident fatality problem. The area has already had 94 deaths between Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Sarasota, Glades, and Hendry counties since Jan. 1.
Coquitlam traffic cops wrote up 25 per cent more high-accident zone violation tickets in March from February, and are warning drivers of where they'll be stationed for May.
Avoiding distracted driving is something that can be learned by our youngest drivers and it's something the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is teaching to teens.