Miami, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/14/2017 -- Florida lawmakers recently proposed Senate Bill 144 (SB 144) aimed at changing texting and driving from a secondary to a primary offense for any driver who is not eighteen years of age. Because it's legally a secondary offense for all drivers regardless of their age, a law enforcement officer is unable to issue a ticket to the driver unless the driver is being pulled over for having done something else illegal. SB 144 would modify these current laws. There is also a bill in the works that seeks to make texting while driving in a school zone a primary offense.

The Florida Highway Patrol released numbers for 2015 that show more than 4,300 crashes in 2015 were caused by distracted driving, just in Miami-Dade County. In Broward County, over 3,500 crashes were due to distracted driving. Florida is one of only five states where distracted driving has yet to be considered a primary offense.

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