A bill in the Florida Senate targeting motorists who speed up beside you then cut you off when their lane ends has died.

The proposal remained in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice at the close of the legislative session that ended April 30, effectively killing the bill for the year.

Under the bill -- S2624, sponsored by Sen. Steve Geller, D-Hallandale Beach -- the behavior could earn those offenders, commonly referred to as “zippers,” a ticket, three points on their license and a fine of more than $80.

Florida law already makes it unlawful to cross a solid line to pass another vehicle, The Miami Herald reported. But Geller, tired of people cutting in front of him on South Florida roadways, sought to expand the law to make it a moving violation to jump in line in front of other drivers.

“People who think they’re better than the rest of us, they just go to the front,” Geller told the newspaper. “If I’m going to wait, I want everyone to wait.”

The bill would have applied to drivers “exiting or entering a roadway, merging or traveling through a designated construction zone.”

Geller said the inspiration for his proposal came last year while he was driving to a Marlins playoff game. As he waited to exit the Florida Turnpike, 90 minutes before game time and with the stadium in sight, no one was moving – except the people who were cutting around Geller and other people in line.

“All these jerks were just zooming by on the left,” he said.