Law enforcement officers have provided warnings and information to Florida drivers regarding the latest handsfree law updates since October of this year. However, the warning “grace period” will end on New Year’s Day, allowing officers to issue tickets in certain areas for anyone who is caught driving with a mobile device in their hands that isn’t considered handsfree.
Drivers caught carrying a “wireless communication device” while driving through zones with construction workers, school zones, or school crossings risk receiving a moving violation that comes with a fine of $60. Officers will use these last remaining weeks of December to educate drivers regarding the soon to be fully enforced laws, taking advantage of the increased number of holiday drivers traveling the Florid roadways. Drivers have been getting tear-off reminders about the new law provisions and their related fines ever since the new texting while driving laws were passed earlier this year. Once January 1st arrives, these reminders will be gone and drivers will instead receive citations and fines.
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