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Floridaâs first year enforcing its handsfree driving policy didnât bring in whole lot of citations.
and last updated 2020-12-30 18:01:14-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Florida s first year enforcing its hands-free driving policy didn t bring in a whole lot of citations.
Officers began writing tickets for the new rule in January, which forbids drivers from having mobile devices in their hands while in school or work zones.
Lawmakers drafted the bill in the 2019 legislative session to help minimize distracted driving in the state. It kills more than 200 Floridians each year and accounts for more than 100,000 crashes.
Few tickets issued after hands-free policyâs first year By Forrest Saunders | December 30, 2020 at 6:15 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 9:29 AM
Floridaâs first year enforcing its hands-free driving policy didnât bring in a whole lot of citations.
Officers began writing tickets for the new rule in January, which forbids drivers from having mobile devices in their hands while in school or work zones.
Lawmakers drafted the bill in the 2019 legislative session to help minimize distracted driving in the state. It kills more than 200 Floridians each year and accounts for more than 100,000 crashes.
Looking at the state s latest numbers, texting citations nearly doubled to just under 4,000 in 2020, but only about 1,400 came from the work and school zone provision.