Father continues push for hands-free law in Florida after son's death in 2014 distracted driving crash

Checking your phone behind the wheel can be a deadly gamble, and it’s why a few Florida lawmakers have tried to get a ...
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Drivers face immediate $500 fines and possible jail time under tough new distracted driving laws targeting phone use behind the wheel

You need to adjust how you use your phone now that new distracted driving laws can hit you with immediate $500 fines and possible jail time for certain violations. These laws make handheld phone use ...
The Greenville News

Is there a hands-free law in South Carolina? Be warned, enforcement to begin in September

South Carolina's hands-free driving act prohibits holding phones while driving. A grace period will be in effect, during which warnings will be issued. Fines for violations start at $100 for the first ...
The Republic

Enforcement campaign to target drivers violating Indiana’s ‘hands free-phones down’ law

The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is partnering with Indiana State Police (ISP) and local law enforcement agencies across the state to increase patrols aimed at reducing speeding and ...
Post and Courier

Editorial: SC hands-free law will save a few lives; these highway laws will save far more

It’s so painfully obvious that texting while driving is deadly that no one should have to say it. No one should have had any difficulty outlawing it either, but it took a while in freedom-confused ...