Don't Toss Butts

Did you know that it’s a crime to toss a lit cigarette from a car? It is.

Offenders could be arrested and charged with a first-degree misdemeanor.

Deputies are on the lookout for motorists who toss cigarettes or any other lit substances onto Collier County roadways.

It is a violation of Florida law to throw, drop, or dispose of a lighted match, cigarette, cigar, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance onto a roadway, or any substance that could cause a wildfire.

The discarding of lit substances can cause major environmental, social and economic damages. The loss of habitat, homes and even lives can result from discarding a lit substance onto a roadway.

So keep your butts in your car.

Traffic Hot Spots

These are the Top 10 traffic complaints called in to the ZOOM hotline from May 20-27:

1. Fifth Street SW - Speeding
2. Biscayne Drive – Speeding
3. Immokalee Road at Goodlette-Frank Road – Speeding
4. Whippoorwill Lane - Speeding
5. Sixth Street Southwest – Speeding
6. Vineyards Boulevard – Aggressive Driving
7. Pine Ridge Road at I-75 – Red-light running
8. Rattlesnake Hammock Road at Collier Boulevard – Aggressive driving
9. U.S. 41 at Vanderbilt Beach Road – Red-light Running
10. U.S. 41 East at Collier Boulevard - Speeding

Red Means Stop

When the yellow lights on the school bus are flashing, that’s your sign to slow down.

When the red lights on the bus are flashing, that’s your sign to stop.

To make sure motorists heed these signs, throughout the school year, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office will be cracking down on motorists that pass school buses that are stopped to load or unload children.

Deputies have handed dozens of citations to motorists for passing stopped school buses and speeding near bus stops during crackdowns this school year.