Texting

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

A bill making texting while driving a primary offense cleared its first Senate committee hearing Tuesday. Tallahassee resident Demetrius Branca supports...

A South Florida lawmaker is on a personal crusade to reduce distracted driving. State Rep. Emily Slosberg is pushing cities and all 67 counties in...

State Rep. Emily Slosberg appeared Tuesday night at a Boca Raton City Council meeting as she tries to build local-government support for the Legislature...

What if our cell phones could automatically block our ability to text behind the wheel? A Florida Atlantic University professor says he’s developed...

Florida Atlantic University professor Daniel Raviv has a solution for drivers who can’t stop texting. He’s created a program that can block the texting…

Preliminary numbers show that throughout October, the first month of Florida’s texting while driving ban, only 45 Miami-Dade drivers were ticketed for the…

The state-wide ban on texting while driving which went into effect yesterday, already has a few vocal opponents. But one of the loudest opponents has no…

Starting October first, texting while driving will be illegal in Florida. The new law was signed by the governor in May, and starting Tuesday, you can be…

Tomorrow, October 1st, the “Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law" goes into effect. Governor Rick Scott signed the final bill back in March, making…