Understanding Georgia’s Hands-Free, Distracted Driving Law: What is Georgia’s Hands-Free Law? Georgia’s Hands-Free Law, officially enacted on July 1, 2018, aims to reduce distracted driving incidents by prohibiting motorists from physically holding or supporting, with any part of the body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while driving. Under this law, the following […]
Georgia Hands Free Law
Over 8,000 Tickets Issued in First 6 Months of GA Hands Free Law
According to the Georgia Department of Highway Safety, over 8,300 tickets in violation of Georgia’s Hands Free Law have been issued from July through December of 2018. The director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety attributes the decrease in traffic fatalities for the last 6 months of 2018 in part to the new law […]