/tags/distracted-driving distracted driving en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 GMT /education/2025-08-11/central-florida-officials-urge-drivers-to-go-slow-save-a-life-this-school-year As Florida kids head back to school Monday, officials are reminding students to walk, bike, and drive safely, and for the adults that share the roads with them to be vigilant. Three Central Florida students were killed by cars last year. More were killed in accidents where they were the driver. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 GMT /education/2025-08-11/central-florida-officials-urge-drivers-to-go-slow-save-a-life-this-school-year Danielle Prieur /2019-09-26/new-oct-1-florida-laws-to-target-drivers-with-cell-phones-hazing-and-sex-dolls Measures to protect police dogs and horses and crack down on hazing and child-like sex dolls are among new laws ready to take effect next week. Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:22:44 GMT /2019-09-26/new-oct-1-florida-laws-to-target-drivers-with-cell-phones-hazing-and-sex-dolls Jim Turner /news/2019-06-30/florida-cops-can-pull-you-over-for-texting-while-driving-starting-today The era of answering emails and texts and looking up recipes and posting to Instagram and liking friends’ Facebook posts on your phone while driving… Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:29:17 GMT /news/2019-06-30/florida-cops-can-pull-you-over-for-texting-while-driving-starting-today Brett Clarkson /news/2019-05-16/texting-while-driving-bill-goes-to-desantis A bill that would toughen the state’s texting-while-driving law was formally sent Thursday to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has voiced support for the… Thu, 16 May 2019 20:11:57 GMT /news/2019-05-16/texting-while-driving-bill-goes-to-desantis News Service of Florida /news/2019-05-14/meet-one-south-florida-mother-behind-the-new-law-to-prevent-texting-while-driving For the last two years, Key Biscayne resident Debbie Wanninkhof has advocated for stricter texting while driving laws. A new law in the state of Florida… Tue, 14 May 2019 17:45:12 GMT /news/2019-05-14/meet-one-south-florida-mother-behind-the-new-law-to-prevent-texting-while-driving Sherrilyn Cabrera /news/2019-05-07/heres-what-florida-drivers-need-to-know-about-the-new-texting-ban A bill that will increase the penalty for texting and driving has passed the legislature and is heading to Governor Ron DeSantis for his signature.Under… Tue, 07 May 2019 17:39:46 GMT /news/2019-05-07/heres-what-florida-drivers-need-to-know-about-the-new-texting-ban Danielle Prieur /2019-03-07/florida-could-outlaw-all-forms-of-distracted-driving Florida could outlaw drivers from putting on makeup, holding a cellphone, reading or performing other distracting activities under a bill unanimously... Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:55:04 GMT /2019-03-07/florida-could-outlaw-all-forms-of-distracted-driving By Brendan Farrington – The Associated Press /news/2018-12-07/many-floridians-are-distracted-drivers-this-app-wants-to-change-that You tell yourself that you’ll only check Instagram at the red light, or change your Spotify while driving alone on cruise control through Alligator… Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:06:01 GMT /news/2018-12-07/many-floridians-are-distracted-drivers-this-app-wants-to-change-that /2018-07-03/heading-to-georgia-put-down-that-cell-phone-or-you-might-get-a-ticket A new law in Georgia will affect Floridians whose vacation plans include a drive north this summer. Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:56:04 GMT /2018-07-03/heading-to-georgia-put-down-that-cell-phone-or-you-might-get-a-ticket Cyd Hoskinson /health-news-florida/2018-05-01/technology-is-better-than-ever-but-thousands-of-americans-still-die-in-car-crashes-every-year Tue, 01 May 2018 12:12:00 GMT /health-news-florida/2018-05-01/technology-is-better-than-ever-but-thousands-of-americans-still-die-in-car-crashes-every-year The Associated Press