I apoligized for the confusion cost by my thread because I failed to include the following information.
RULE 6.130 CASE CONSOLIDATION
When a defendant is cited for the commission of both a criminal and a civil traffic violation, or both a civil traffic infraction requiring a mandatory hearing and a civil traffic infraction not requiring a hearing the cases may be heard simultaneously if they arose out of the same set of facts.


However, in no case shall a traffic hearing officer hear a criminal traffic case or a case involving a civil traffic infraction issued in conjunction with a criminal traffic offense.

Under any of this circumstances the civil traffic infraction should be treated as continue for the purpose of reporting to the department. Prior to the date of the schedule hearing or trial, a defendant may dispose of any non-mandatory civil traffic infraction in the
Manner provided by this rule and section 318.14 Florida Statutes.

1990 AMENDMENT
The rule in case consolidation was amended to include the language from
Chapter 89-337 laws of Florida, which prohibits magistrates (traffic hearing officer) from hearing civil traffic infractions arising out of the same set of facts as criminal traffic offenses.

1996 AMENDMENT ENACTMENT
Enactment of chapter 89- 337 Laws of Florida, necessitated the deletion of all references in the rules to traffic “Magistrates” in favor of the term traffic “hearing officer”


6.520 EFFECT OF GRANTING NEW HEARING
When a new hearing is granted, the new hearing shall proceed in all respects as if no former trial had been had.