Texting while driving ban could be dead

Published April 30, 2013 5:56pm ET



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A statewide ban on texting while driving could be dead after the Florida House amended the bill Tuesday with only three days left in the legislative session.

The House discussed the bill (SB 52) and adopted the amendment without voting on the bill. The amendment allows police to use drivers’ mobile phone records against them only when texting causes a crash resulting in death or personal injury.

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