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Beaufort County texting-while-driving numbers show where you’re least likely to get caught

Nearly two and a half years after South Carolina passed a law prohibiting texting-while-driving, the regulation has been lightly enforced in Beaufort County.

The information below reflects the number of texting-while-driving citations written by municipality from December 2014-May 1, 2017.

Municipality-level areaNumber of citations written
Beaufort51
Port Royal1
Bluffton6
Hilton Head Island3
Unincorporated Beaufort County6
Beaufort County Highways66

Maggie Angst: 843-706-8137, @maggieangst

This story was originally published May 18, 2017 at 10:28 AM with the headline "Beaufort County texting-while-driving numbers show where you’re least likely to get caught."

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