If you haven't changed your bad habits yet, don't worry; you have another month to wean yourself off your phone. Our state troopers will use this grace period to obtain extra training learning how to identify a driver who is texting and how to tell if a person talking on a cell phone in a passing car is, in fact, a teenager. With a provisional license.  Heck, I'd like to know that myself. Even Governor Sonny Perdue wonders just how this law will be enforced.

No matter that distracted drivers are already held liable if they cause an accident or injury, this new law will allow Georgia to collect a $150 fine and add a point to the driver's license.

Because it will be so difficult for an officer to prove that you were texting, the law is in your favor if you get pulled and want to dispute the officer's accusation. Just don't, whatever you do, offer up your cell phone for the officer to check your call records. You don't have to do that, and as I've said before, don't say more than you have to at a traffic stop.

If you really can't stop yourself from texting while driving, I have a few suggestions. Texting while driving really is very dangerous.