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Will Race Matter When Cops Ticket For Texting And Driving? We Looked At Seat Belt Citations To See

Carline Jean
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
A woman is seen texting while driving along Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

Black lawmakers fear Florida’s new texting-while-driving law could be just another excuse to stop minority drivers.

Statistics reviewed by the show they have a reason to be worried about the new law that takes effect July 1. In many jurisdictions, black drivers have been disproportionately ticketed for seat belt violations.

Florida lawmakers after years of trying that allows police to pull over drivers just for texting.

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