No texting while driving law making impact

ATLANTA - Authorities say a new law that bans texting while driving is making a major difference on roads.

The law forbidding drivers from texting or e-mailing from their cell phones unless the car is in park went into effect July 1.

State troopers say they started enforcing the law Aug. 1, after one month spent educating the public. In two weeks, authorities say they've handed out just two dozen citations, but they're visually noting fewer people using phones at all while driving.

Drivers who get citations for texting and driving in Georgia are fined $150 and they will get a point added to their license.