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…
40-6-243 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…
40-6-244 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…
40-6-245 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…
40-6-120 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…
40-6-121 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…
40-6-122 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.
40-6-123 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…
40-6-124 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…
40-6-125 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…
40-6-126 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…
40-6-140 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…
40-6-141 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.…
40-6-142 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…
40-6-143 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…
40-6-144 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…
40-6-160 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…
40-6-161 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…
40-6-162 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…
40-6-163. 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…
40-6-164 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…
40-6-165 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…
40-6-180 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…
40-6-181. 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…
40-6-53 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…
40-6-54 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;…
40-6-71 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…
40-6-73 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…
40-6-74 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…
40-6-75 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…
40-6-76 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…
40-6-77 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…
40-6-90 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…
40-6-91 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…
40-6-92 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…
40-6-93 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…
40-6-94 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…
40-6-95 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…
40-6-96 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…
40-6-98 Driving through safety zone
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
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…
40-6-21 Meaning of traffic signals
(a) The following meanings shall be given to highway traffic signal indications, except those on pedestrian signals: (1) Green indications shall have the following meanings: (A) Traffic, except pedestrians, facing…
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: (1) WORD OR…
40-6-23 Flashing circular red or yellow signals
Flashing signal indications shall have the following meanings: (1) Flashing circular red (stop signal)--When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a…
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…
40-6-25 Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings
(a) 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…
40-6-26. Interference with official traffic-control devices or certain signs; travel on closed highway prohibited
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-26. Interference with official traffic-control devices or certain signs; travel on closed highway prohibited.. Match the facts to the statutory language…
40-6-28 Managed lanes
(a) The Department of Transportation may install gates, signs, or barriers, or any combination thereof, to restrict access to managed lanes. (b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around,…
40-6-40 Vehicles to drive on right
(a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding…
40-6-41 Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and, upon roadways having width for not more than one lane of traffic in each direction,…
40-6-42 Overtaking and passing generally
The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in this article: (1) The…
40-6-43 When overtaking and passing on right permitted
(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: (1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about…
40-6-44 Limitations on overtaking and passing on left
No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side…
40-6-45 Further limitations on driving on left of center
(a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of a roadway designed and authorized for traffic traveling in opposite directions under the following conditions: (1) When approaching or…
40-6-46 No-passing zones
(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to the left…