Page 9 - DSL School Zone Safety Partner Program Booklet

School Zones Are Hands Free Only — it is the law.
And the Palm Beach County School District want students and

parents to know.

In 2020 Dori Saves Lives partnered with the Palm Beach County School District to ramp
up efforts to raise awareness about Florida's new texting-while-driving law, and to
educate one of the most at-risk demographics on the road — teenage drivers.
“With the new law in effect in 2020, the outreach by schools will be key.”

The School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) is the tenth-largest public-school
district in the United States, and the fifth-largest school district in Florida.

The district encompasses all of Palm Beach County. For the beginning of the 2017–
2018 academic year, enrollment totaled 193,000 students in Pre-K through 12th grades.

2018 enrolled High School student numbered 54,154

The district operates a total of 23 high schools: and Exceptional Student Education
(ESE). It has 27,168 employees and 45,000 volunteers.
Additionally, there are 41 charter schools sponsored and administered through the
School District of Palm Beach County.

WARNING School Zones Are Hands Free Only — It Is The Law.

Pedestrian accidents are on the rise and sadly, far too many of them occur in school
zones, putting kids at risk of serious injury or even death.

In fact, approximately 25,000 children are injured and 100 are killed in school zone
accidents each year, according to the Transportation Research Board. Americans check
their phones every 12

Florida Law 316.305 Wireless communications devices; prohibition.

3)(a)1. A person may not operate a motor vehicle while using a wireless
communications device in a handheld manner in a designated school crossing, school
zone, or work zone area as defined in 2s. 316.003(104). This subparagraph shall only
be applicable to work zone areas if construction personnel are present or are operating
equipment on the road or immediately adjacent to the work zone area. For the purposes
of this paragraph, a motor vehicle that is stationary is not being operated and is not
subject to the prohibition in this paragraph.