Florida texting law has a school and work zone edge
Florida treats texting while driving as a primary offense, and handheld wireless-device use has tighter rules in school and active work zones.
Florida’s phone rule is easiest to remember in two layers.
Texting while driving is a primary offense. That means a stop can start with the texting itself. The school-zone and active-work-zone layer is tighter. In those marked areas, handheld use of a wireless device is the part to watch.
This matters in the places where people tend to glance down for “just a second”: school pickup lines, lane shifts near road work, bridge repairs, beach traffic, and the last turn before a store. Those are also the places where traffic can stop quickly.
The simple habit is to set the route before the car moves. If a message, map change, or call cannot wait, pull into a safe place first. For a first school-zone or work-zone handheld citation, FLHSMV has information about a wireless-device course path, but the better plan is not needing that path at all.
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Last checked against these sources: July 1, 2026.
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