ST&D! Translation: Stop Texting and Drive! That's the message state Sen. Carey Baker wants to send Florida motorists who exchange short text messages on their cell phones and other handheld devices while driving. ...more

February 17, 2009

Florida lawmakers soon will consider bills that would allow law enforcement officers to pull over drivers for not wearing seat belts and to stop new teenage drivers from carting their young pals around. ...more

December 3, 2008

Two road-safety proposals will soon be under consideration by Florida lawmakers. House Bill 1 comes this year from Republican Rep. Rich Glorioso, who wants to allow police officers to pull over drivers for not wearing seat belts. Democratic Rep. Kelly Skidmore, meanwhile, wants to stop new teenage drivers from carting their young pals around. ...more

December 2, 2008

About 20 teens from area schools took turns sitting in a lifeguard stand Friday at Dale Mabry Highway and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard looking for distracted drivers. ...more

June 14, 2008

A new study ranks the Bay area the worst of 50 metro areas in the country for teen drivers. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - A new study ranks the Bay area worst out of 50 metro areas in the country for teen drivers. ...more

May 9, 2008

Standing before a panel of state lawmakers Saturday, high school sophomore T.J. Mouse proposed legislation that would require students to take a driver's education course to graduate. ...more

January 13, 2008