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GA Code § 40-6-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-4. Persons Riding Animals or Driving Animal Drawn Vehicles

 Every person riding an animal or driving ananimal drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 27; Code 1933, § 68A-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 434.   C.J.S.   - 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 883.   ALR.   - Liability for damage to motor vehicle or injury to person riding therein from collision with runaway horse, or horse left unattended or untied in street, 49 A.L.R.4th 653.
GA Code § 40-6-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-5. Persons Working on Highways

 Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter, except those contained in Article 15 of this chapter, shall not apply to authorized persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 25; Code 1933, § 68A-106, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 426.   C.J.S.   - 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 889.
GA Code § 40-6-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-7. Operation of Motor Vehicles in Parades

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, it shall be lawful to operate motor vehicles and motorcycles in parades although such motor vehicles and motorcycles and their operators and passengers do not meet the necessary requirements of law, especially with respect to flashing lights, sirens, and safety equipment. This Code section shall be applicable only in the event that the local authority which has the power to issue parade permits, at its discretion, authorizes the operation of such motor vehicles and motorcycles after it has been determined that the operation of such motor vehicles and motorcycles will not endanger the lives, safety, or property of other participants in the parade, bystanders, or other persons. The authorization for vehicles to be operated in parades as exceptions to otherwise required provisions of law shall extend to only such time as the vehicles are actually engaged in the parade and in the return to the marshaling area. At all times, such vehicles shall be operated by a person properly licensed to operate such vehicles. Such motor vehicles and motorcycles covered under this Code section shall be operated in accordance with all provisions of law when traveling to and from a parade site and at all other times when not directly participating in a parade.   (Ga. L. 1974, p. 446, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Operation of motorcycles generally, § 40-6-310 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, §§ 151, 288.   ALR.    - Unlawful parade as riot, 9 A.L.R. 552.   Validity, construction, and application of state or local enactments regulating parades, 80 A.L.R.5th 255.
GA Code § 40-6-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-8. Rights of Owners of Real Property

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, and not as matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter, or from otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.   (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 30; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 297.   ALR.    - Validity of statute or ordinance forbidding running of automobile so as to inflict damage or injury, 47 A.L.R. 255.
GA Code § 40-6-10.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-10.1. Financial Responsibility Requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

 No motor carrier subject to the financial responsibility requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or any successor agency, as contained in 49 C.F.R. Part 387, shall operate any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state until such motor carrier has obtained and has in effect the minimum levels of financial responsibility prescribed by such federal regulations.    (Code 1981, §40-6-10.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 479, § 11/HB 112.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey on insurance law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 117 (2017).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Intent.    - The Georgia General Assembly and the Georgia Department of Public Safety did not intend to extend the federal financial responsibility regime imposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to purely intrastate commerce involving nonhazardous commodities. Grange Indem. Ins. Co. v. Burns, 337 Ga. App. 532, 788 S.E.2d 138 (2016).   Presently engaged.    - Plain language of the MCS-90 and § 30 of the Motor Carrier Act, 49 U.S.C. § 31139(b), provides that the endorsement covers vehicles only when the vehicles are presently engaged in the transportation of interstate commerce or the transportation of hazardous materials. Grange Indem. Ins. Co. v. Burns, 337 Ga. App. 532, 788 S.E.2d 138 (2016).   Each claim reviewed independently.    - Each claim must be examined individually to determine whether the coverage afforded by the MCS-90 endorsement applies to the actual vehicle involved in the accident. Grange Indem. Ins. Co. v. Burns, 337 Ga. App. 532, 788 S.E.2d 138 (2016).   Intrastate trip involving nonhazardous commodities.    - Trial court erred in concluding that the coverage afforded by the MCS-90 endorsement, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-10.1, applied because it was undisputed that the truck was engaged in a purely intrastate trip involving nonhazardous commodities at the time of the subject accident. Grange Indem. Ins. Co. v. Burns, 337 Ga. App. 532, 788 S.E.2d 138 (2016).
GA Code § 40-6-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-12. Subsequent Violation; Proof of Financial Responsibility

  Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of Code Section 40-6-10 within a five-year period, as measured from date of arrest to date of arrest, shall be required to file with the Department of Driver Services and maintain for a period of three years from the date of conviction proof of financial responsibility, as such term is defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 40-9-2, in addition to any other punishment.   If the proof of financial responsibility filed in accordance with subsection (a) of this Code section is based upon a policy issued by an insurance company, such insurer may not cancel the policy until the Department of Driver Services is given at least 30 days' prior written notice of such cancellation.     (Code 1981, §40-6-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 5A-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 18-2/HB 501.)
GA Code § 40-6-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-13. Courts Having Jurisdiction to Try Offenses

 Any court having jurisdiction to try and dispose of traffic offenses shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of the misdemeanor offenses provided for in Code Sections 40-6-10 and 40-6-11.Such jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of any other court within the county having jurisdiction to try and dispose of such offenses.    (Code 1981, §40-6-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)
GA Code § 40-6-16.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-16.1. Procedure for Passing Vehicle With Active Sanitation Workers

  As used in this Code section, the term "sanitation worker" means an individual engaged in the collection and transport of residential or commercial solid waste and recyclables as authorized by a county or municipal governing authority.   The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a vehicle with active sanitation workers that is displaying flashing yellow, amber, white, or red lights shall approach the vehicle with due caution and shall, absent any other direction by a peace officer, proceed as follows:   Make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to the vehicle if possible in the existing safety and traffic conditions; or   If a lane change under paragraph (1) of this subsection would be impossible, prohibited by law, or unsafe, reduce the speed of the motor vehicle to a reasonable and proper speed for the existing road and traffic conditions, which speed shall be at least ten miles per hour less than the posted speed limit or 25 miles per hour, whichever is more, and be prepared to stop.     Violation of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250.00.     (Code 1981, §40-6-16.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 323, § 1/HB 206.)
GA Code § 40-6-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-6-17. Prohibited Use of Traffic-Control Device Preemption Emitter; Penalty

  As used in this Code section, the term "traffic-control device preemption emitter" means a mobile infrared transmitter or any other similar device which transmits an infrared beam, radio wave, or other signal used for the purpose of changing, altering, disabling, or disrupting the normal signal sequence of a traffic-control device.   It shall be unlawful for any person other than law enforcement, fire department, or emergency personnel to use, possess with the ability to use, sell, or purchase a traffic-control device preemption emitter.   Any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1981, §40-6-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 1084, § 1.)
GA Code § 40-6-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-22. Pedestrian-Control Signals

 Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words WALK or DON'T WALK or symbols so directing a pedestrian are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows:    Word or symbol messageWALK. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Every driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped for such pedestrians; and   Flashing or steady DON'T WALK. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his crossing on the WALK signal shall proceed to sidewalk or safety island while the DON'T WALK signal is showing.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 36; Code 1933, § 68A-203, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 229, § 2; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 40/HB 79.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 231.   ALR.   - Liability for collision of automobile with pedestrian at intersection as affected by reliance upon or disregard of stop-and-go signal, 2 A.L.R.3d 155.
GA Code § 40-6-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-23. Flashing Circular Red or Yellow Signals

 Flashing signal indications shall have the following meanings:    Flashing circular red (stop signal)- . When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign;   Flashing circular yellow (caution signal)- . When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 37; Code 1933, § 68A-204, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2017, p. 720, § 4/HB 328.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, inserted "circular" near the beginning of paragraphs (1) and (2) and struck the period at the end of the catchline in paragraph (2).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 840, 841.   ALR.   - Liability for automobile accident at intersection as affected by reliance upon or disregard of unchanging stop signal or sign, 3 A.L.R.3d 180.   Liability for automobile accident at intersection as affected by reliance upon or disregard of unchanging caution, slow, danger, or like sign or signal, 3 A.L.R.3d 507.   Liability for collision of automobile with pedestrian at intersection as affected by reliance upon or disregard of traffic sign or signal other than stop-and-go signal, 3 A.L.R.3d 557.
GA Code § 40-6-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-24. Lane Direction Control Signals

 When lane direction control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or road, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown, provided that a vehicle may enter a lane over which a yellow or amber signal is shown for purposes of making a left turn only.   (Ga. L. 1966, p. 183, § 3; Code 1933, § 68A-204.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Designation of travel lanes for exclusive or preferential use of buses and other designated passenger vehicles, § 32-9-4.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, are included in the annotations for this Code section.   No judicial notice of familiarity with highway manual.    - Interpretation of signs and signals as provided by the manual of the State Highway Board (now State Transportation Board) is not a matter of which the court can take judicial cognizance, nor one which the court can presume that every motorist is familiar with, to the extent of imposing penal sanctions for disobedience thereof. Maxwell v. State, 97 Ga. App. 334, 103 S.E.2d 162 (1958) (decided under Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556).    Cited in State v. Shabazz, 291 Ga. App. 751, 662 S.E.2d 828 (2008).
GA Code § 40-6-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-25. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings

  No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.   No person shall maintain or place nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.   This Code section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.   Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 38; Code 1933, § 68A-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Provisions regarding erection, placement, or maintenance of unauthorized traffic signs or signals, § 32-6-51.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Recommendations Regarding Control of Outdoor Advertising Along the Interstate Highway System in Georgia," see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 308 (1963).
GA Code § 40-6-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-26. Interference With Official Traffic-Control Devices or Certain Signs; Travel on Closed Highway Prohibited

  No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon or any other part thereof.   No person shall, without lawful authority, drive around or through or ignore any official traffic-control device so as to go onto an officially closed highway or road or onto a section of highway or road before it has been officially opened to the public. This Code section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their duties, to individuals domiciled or making their livelihood within the affected area, or to any person authorized to be in the affected area by the appropriate municipal, county, or state officer.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 39; Code 1933, § 68A-206, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Provisions regarding interference with traffic-control devices, § 32-6-50.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Unwarranted alteration of stop sign negligence per se.    - Whether a traffic control device was initially erected by authority of the State Highway Department (now Department of Transportation) or by local municipal authorities, an unwarranted alteration of the stop sign (allegedly replaced after installation of gas lines so as to face in the wrong direction) constitutes a violation of Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556 and is negligence per se. Richards & Assocs. v. Studstill, 92 Ga. App. 853, 90 S.E.2d 56 (1955), rev'd on other grounds, 212 Ga. 375, 93 S.E.2d 3 (1956).
GA Code § 40-6-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-27. Installation of Blue Retroreflective Raised Pavement Markers

 It shall be unlawful for any person to place or install any blue retroreflective raised pavement marker on any public highway, road, or street, provided that such marker may be placed or installed by the state or any county, municipality, fire department, or employee or agent thereof solely for the purpose of marking the location of fire hydrants.    (Code 1981, §40-6-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 943, § 1.)
GA Code § 40-6-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings|§ 40-6-28. Restricted Access/managed Lanes

  The Department of Transportation may install gates, signs, or barriers, or any combination thereof, to restrict access to managed lanes.   No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any barrier or closed or moving gate of a managed lane.   No vehicle shall enter or exit a managed lane at any point other than designated entry or exit points unless directed by authorized emergency personnel.     (Code 1981, §40-6-28, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 1058, § 5/SB 125; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 40/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "The Department of Transportation" for "The department" at the beginning of subsection (a).
GA Code § 40-6-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic|Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road|Article 3 - Driving on Right Side of Roadway, Overtaking and Passing, Following Too Closely|§ 40-6-43. When Overtaking and Passing on the Right Permitted

  The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:   When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; or   Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or morelanes of moving vehicles in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.     If otherwise authorized, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Such movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.    (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 58; Code 1933, § 68A-304, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 253.   C.J.S.   - 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 744.   ALR.    - Reciprocal duties of drivers of automobiles or other vehicles proceeding in the same direction, 24 A.L.R. 507; 47 A.L.R. 703; 62 A.L.R. 970; 104 A.L.R. 485.   Liability for injury or damage growing out of pulling out of parked motor vehicle, 29 A.L.R.2d 107.   Reciprocal rights, duties, and liabilities where driver of motor vehicle attempts to pass on right of other motor vehicle proceeding in same direction, 38 A.L.R.2d 114.   Automobiles: duty and liability with respect to giving audible signal before passing, 22 A.L.R.3d 325.