(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which…
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:…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(a) Each employer shall require every commercial motor vehicle driver applicant to provide the information specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-144. (b) No employer may knowingly allow, require,…
(a) Except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may operate…
(a) The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit shall include the following: (1) The full legal name and current mailing and residential address of the…
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person may not drive, operate, or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having any measurable alcohol in…
(a) Any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle while in violation of the provisions of Code Section 40-5-143 or any employer who knowingly allows, requires, permits, or authorizes a…
It is a misdemeanor for any person: (1) To lend his or her identification card for persons with disabilities to any other person or knowingly to permit the use thereof…
(a) It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail…
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any law enforcement officer or firefighter, nonsworn employee or volunteer authorized under Code Section 35-1-11,…
(a) The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: (1) Where a different place is specifically referred to…
Every person riding an animal or driving an animal drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties…
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…
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-6. Authorized emergency vehicles; pursuit of fleeing suspects.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice when…
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-10. Insurance requirements for operation of motor vehicles generally.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice…
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, motorcycle means any motor vehicle traveling on public streets or highways having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider…
(a) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player,…
(a) Any person who knowingly drives a motor vehicle on any public road or highway of this state at a time when the vehicle registration of such vehicle is suspended,…
(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the Spencer Pass Law. (b) The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle that…
(a) 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…
(a) 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,…
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-6-20. Obedience to traffic-control devices required; presumptions; red light cameras.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging…
(a) Except as provided in Article 7 of this chapter, the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act, the following persons are exempt from licenses under this chapter: (1) Any employee of…
(a) Every licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. Any person who has a receipt…
(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every driver's license shall expire on the licensee's birthday in the eighth year following the issuance of such license. Notwithstanding the…
Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him or her or…
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-5-58. Habitual violators; probationary licenses.. Match the facts to the statutory language and verify agency/prosecutor charging practice when needed. O.C.G.A. section…
(a) The department, upon canceling, suspending, or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the department and be processed in accordance with the rules and…
Amended 2021 (a) To whom issued. (1) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Code section or Code Section 40-5-57, 40-5-57.2, 40-5- 63, 40-5-75, 40-5-121, or 42-8-111, any person who has…
(a) To whom issued. (1) Any person who has not been previously convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of Code Section 40-6-391 within five years, as measured from the…
Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter shall not operate…
(a) It is the duty of any person who has his or her driver's license and, where applicable, license tag and tag registration suspended under the provisions of Code Section…
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an application for an identification card provided for by this article shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section 16-10-20.
Any person utilizing a wireless telecommunications device as such term is defined in Code Section 40-6-241 to display his or her identification card in electronic format shall not be considered…
It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's…
Bottom line This charge applies when a person drives on a Georgia public highway while unlicensed as required or while the driving privilege is suspended, disqualified, or revoked, except habitual…
No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized…
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not…
(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Lend his or her driver's license or identification card to any other person or permit knowingly the use thereof by…
As used in this article, the term: (1) Alcohol means: (A) Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages, including sake or similar products, of any name or…
No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle shall have more than one driver's license.
(a) Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a license issued by this state who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle…
Amended 2021 As used in this title, the term: (1) Alcohol concentration means grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.…
It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly permit the operation of such vehicle upon…
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful: (1) To remove or transfer a license plate from the motor vehicle for which such license plate was…
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who shall willfully mutilate, obliterate, deface, alter, change, or conceal any numeral, letter, character, county designation, or other marking of any…
Any person who willfully covers any license plate with plastic, other material, or any part of his or her body in order to prevent or impede the ability of surveillance…
A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use on it, in either case with…
Bottom line This page is a current-reference page for 40-2-8. (For effective date, see note.) Operation of unregistered vehicle or vehicle without current license plate, revalidation decal, or county decal;…
Notwithstanding Code Section 40-2-8 or any other provision of law, a person who operates a vehicle which is required to be registered in this state and which has attached to…