40-6-251 Driving in circular or zigzag course
(a) No driver of any motor vehicle shall operate the vehicle upon the public streets, highways, public or private driveways, airport runways, or parking lots in such a manner as…
40-6-250 Wearing device which impairs hearing or vision
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing a headset or headphone which would impair such person's ability to hear, nor shall any person while operating a motor vehicle…
40-6-249 Littering highway
Any person littering a highway in violation of Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 or driving, moving, or loading for operation a vehicle in violation…
40-6-248.1 Securing loads on vehicles
(a) As used in this Code section, the term litter has the meaning provided by paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-7-42. (a.1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on…
40-6-248 Crossing fire hose
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private road, or driveway to be used at any fire or…
40-6-247 Following fire apparatus or emergency vehicle
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm or any other emergency vehicle closer…
40-6-246 Coasting
(a) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral. (b) The driver of…
40-6-245 Driving through canyon or on mountain highway
The driver of a vehicle traveling through a defile or canyon or on a mountain highway shall hold such vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the…
40-6-244 Riding in house trailer
No driver of a motor vehicle shall allow a person or persons to occupy a towed house trailer while it is being towed by a motor vehicle upon a public…
40-6-243 Opening and closing vehicle doors
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be…
40-6-242 Obstruction of driver’s view Interference with control of vehicle
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct…
40-6-241. Distracted driving; restrictions on operation of wireless telecommunication devices and stand-alone electronic devices; penalty; exceptions
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-241. Distracted driving; restrictions on operation of wireless telecommunication devices and stand-alone electronic devices; penalty; exceptions.. Match the facts to the…
40-6-240 Backing
(a) A driver shall not back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. (b) A driver of a vehicle shall not…
40-6-228 Disabled person parking enforcement
(a) Any county or municipal law enforcement agency of the state which is empowered to enforce the provisions of this part may, in its discretion, appoint any person who is…
40-6-226 Disabled person parking offenses
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park any vehicle in a parking place for persons with disabilities unless there is displayed on the driver's…
40-6-221 Disabled parking Definitions
As used in this part, the term: (1) Counterfeit means any copy of any kind of parking permit for persons with disabilities which is not authorized by and does not…
40-6-208 Parking areas for public transit
(a) In all parking lots, parking decks, and other such facilities owned or operated by any public transit authority or established for the exclusive purpose of providing parking for passengers…
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…