Here’s why it’s difficult to enforce Florida’s texting-while-driving law 3,174 citations given statewide in 2020 for texting while driving Tags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Data released by the state shows out of millions of drivers, only a few thousand violations were given out during the first full year the texting-while-driving law was enforced in Florida. In 2019, the texting-and-driving law went into effect, allowing law enforcement officers to issue tickets to people caught texting while driving. Some of those officers said drivers are finding loopholes in the law. [TRENDING: Ad “They can lie and that officer can’t do anything. You pull them over and say, ‘You were on your phone.’ They say, ‘I was checking my GPS.’ By law, they are good to go,” said News 6 Traffic Safety Expert Trooper Steven Montiero.