The grace period is over for people caught violating Georgia’s new hands-free driving law. Local law enforcement agencies are starting to focus on writing tickets.
The law prohibits drivers from holding cellphones with any part of their body while behind the wheel.
When the law went into effect last month, police in Gwinnett County and the city of South Fulton worked to teach drivers about the new rules. That was despite warnings from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety that there would be no grace period.
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