40-6-206 When officers may remove vehicles
(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Code Section 40-6-202, such officer is authorized to move such vehicle or require the…
40-6-205 Obstructing intersection
No driver shall enter an intersection unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of…
40-6-204 Exception as to disabled vehicles
Code Sections 40-6-200, 40-6-202, and 40-6-203 shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the roadway in such a manner and to such extent…
40-6-203 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places
(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall: (1)…
40-6-202 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residential districts
Outside of a business or residential district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop,…
40-6-200 Parking requirements
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and…
40-6-188 Highway work zones
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Highway work zone means a segment of any highway, road, or street where the Department of Transportation, a county, a…
40-6-186. Racing on highways or streets
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-186. Racing on highways or streets.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice when needed. O.C.G.A.…
40-6-185 Speed limits on bridges and other elevated structures
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed…
40-6-184 Impeding traffic flow Minimum speed in left lanes
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for…
40-6-181. Maximum limits
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-181. Maximum limits.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice when needed. O.C.G.A. section 40-6-181. Maximum…
40-6-180 Basic rule
No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consistently…
40-6-165 Operation of school bus
(a) Prior to moving a school bus from a stop at which passengers have been loaded or unloaded, the driver of the bus shall check all mirrors to ensure that…
40-6-164 School bus stopping to allow children to disembark
After stopping to allow children to disembark from the bus, it shall be unlawful for the driver of the school bus to proceed until all children who need to cross…
40-6-163. Duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus; reporting of violations; civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-163. Duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus; reporting of violations; civil monetary penalty for violations captured by…
40-6-162 School bus use of visual signals
A school bus driver shall actuate the visual signals required by Code Sections 40-8-111 and 40-8-115 whenever, but only whenever, the school bus is stopped on the highway for the…
40-6-161 School bus headlights to be lit
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate any school bus which is transporting children unless the headlights on such school bus are illuminated. (b) It shall be unlawful to operate…
40-6-160 Speed limits School bus
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful to operate: (1) A school bus transporting school children to and from school or…
40-6-144 Emerging from alley, driveway, or building
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residential district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a…
40-6-143 Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings
(a) No person shall operate or move a crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten miles per hour or…
40-6-142 Certain vehicles to stop at all railroad crossings
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, any bus, whether or not operated for hire, or…
40-6-141 Stop signs at railroad crossings
The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the department are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat.…
40-6-140 Obedience to train signal
(a) As used in this Code section, the term other on-track equipment means any car, rolling stock, or other device that, alone or coupled to another device, is operated on…
40-6-126 Central lane for turning
Whenever a highway or roadway has a central lane in which traffic may enter from either direction for the purposes of making a left turn, no vehicle shall be driven…
40-6-125 Method of giving hand signals
All signals required by this article when given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and shall indicate as…
40-6-124 Signals by hand or signal lights
(a) Any stop or turn signal when required in this chapter shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lights, except as otherwise provided…
40-6-123 Signals on turns lane changes, slowing, or stopping
(a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in Code Section 40-6-120 or turn a vehicle…
40-6-122 Starting parked vehicle
No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
40-6-121 U-turns
No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction: (1) Upon any curve; (2) Upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade where…
40-6-120 Turning at intersections Lane control devices
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (1) RIGHT TURN. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn…
40-6-99 Pedestrian Yield to emergency vehicles
(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of an audible signal meeting the requirements of Code Section 40-8-94, and visual and audible signals meeting the…
40-6-98 Driving through safety zone
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
40-6-97 PedestrianSoliciting rides or business
(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride. (b) Except as provided in Code Section 40-6-97.1, no person shall stand on a highway…
40-6-96 Pedestrian Walking on or along roadway
(a) As used in this Code section, the term pedestrian means any person afoot and shall include, without limitation, persons standing, walking, jogging, running, or otherwise on foot. (b) Where…
40-6-95 Pedestrian Under influence of alcohol or drug
A person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug to a degree which renders him a hazard shall not walk or be upon any roadway or…
40-6-94 Right of way of blind pedestrian
The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to any blind pedestrian who is carrying a walking cane or stick white in color or white tipped with…
40-6-93 Drivers to exercise due care
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, shall give warning by sounding his…
40-6-92 Pedestrian Crossing other than at crosswalk
(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to…
40-6-91 Pedestrian Right of way in crosswalks
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of…
40-6-90 Pedestrian Obey traffic-control
(a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device specifically applicable to him, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic…
40-6-77 Causing serious injury by right of way violation
(a) For purposes of this Code section, serious injury shall include, but shall not be limited to, causing bodily harm to another by depriving him or her of a member…
40-6-76 Funeral processions
(a) As used in this Code section, a funeral procession means an array of motor vehicles in which the lead vehicle displays a sign, pennant, flag, or other insignia furnished…
40-6-75 Highway construction
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any highway construction or…
40-6-74 Operation on approach of emergency vehicle
(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle belonging to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency making use of an audible signal and…
40-6-73 Entering or crossing roadway
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on…
40-6-72 Stop and yield signs
(a) Preferential right of way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Code Section 32-6- (b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer,…
40-6-71 Turning left
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any…
40-6-56 Passing bicyclist
Amended 2021 (a) The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a bicycle shall approach the bicycle with due caution and shall proceed as follows: (1) Make a lane change into…
40-6-54 HOV lane violations Penalties
(a) The Department of Transportation may designate travel lanes on any road in the state highway system for the exclusive use of certain vehicles, as provided in Code Section 32-9-4;…
40-6-53 Buses and motorcoaches in left lane
(a) On roads, streets, or highways with three or more lanes allowing for movement in the same direction, it shall be unlawful for any bus or motorcoach to operate in…
40-6-52 Trucks using multilane highways
(a) As used in this Code section, the term truck means any vehicle equipped with more than six wheels, except buses and motorcoaches. (b) On roads, streets, or highways with…
40-6-51 Further restrictions on use of controlled-access roadways
(a)(1) Any motor vehicle with more than six wheels and commercial motor vehicles as defined by Code Section 40-1-1 shall not travel on any portions of Interstates 20, 75, 85…
40-6-50 Driving on divided highway, controlled-access roadways, and emergency lanes
(a) As used in this Code section, the term gore means the area of convergence between two lanes of traffic. (b) Every vehicle driven on a divided highway shall be…
40-6-49 Following too closely
(a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the…
40-6-48 Driving on laned roadways
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent with this Code section, shall apply:…