You are convicted of texting while driving and the violation occurred in a school zone. What does Florida add to the base penalty?
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A.
Automatic license revocation for one year
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B.
A one-year license suspension and fine
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C.
A mandatory ignition interlock installation
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D.
Three additional points on top of the primary offense Correct
The answer is "Three additional points on top of the primary offense"
The point table adds three points to the primary texting offense when it occurs in a school zone. Choice A names revocation, which the manual applies to serious offenses such as DUI, certain felonies involving a motor vehicle, and racing on the highway; drivers who assume the school-zone label alone escalates a texting offense onto that list reach for revocation instead of the points enhancement the manual actually adds.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Automatic license revocation for one year
Revocation applies to serious offenses such as DUI, certain felonies involving a motor vehicle, and racing on the highway, not to school-zone texting. Reads the school-zone marker as bumping the offense onto the revocation list rather than adding three points to the base offense.
B. A one-year license suspension and fine
The manual attaches a points enhancement to school-zone texting, not an automatic suspension. Carries the 24-points-in-36-months suspension trigger over to a single school-zone violation, treating the zone label as a fast-track to license loss.
C. A mandatory ignition interlock installation
Ignition interlock is a DUI penalty, not a texting-in-school-zone penalty. Assumes school-zone severity maps onto DUI sanctions, so any elevated in-zone violation must carry the interlock requirement.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Common Violations and Associated Point Value," p.30..
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