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July 31, 2010

Law banning texting while driving to be enforced

Dalton Daily Citizen

DALTON — ATLANTA (AP) — Got a quick message you want to send to a friend or a family member?

Starting Sunday, it may cost you if you text that message while you are driving down a Georgia road.

That’s when the Georgia State Patrol will begin ticketing people caught texting while driving. Even people sending a quick message while stopped at a traffic light or in a turn lane will receive a ticket.

A month after the statewide anti-texting and driving law took effect on July 1, troopers say they will “start actual true enforcement” of the new law. A citation will cost $150.

Trooper Larry Schnall told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution people should know by now about the new law.

 

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