O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-6-23 (2019)

Width of vehicles and loads

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Unless otherwise provided in this Code section or exempted in Code Section 32-6-25 or so authorized by a permit issued pursuant to Code Section 32-6-28, no vehicle shall exceed a total outside width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors and accessories attached thereto, when operated on any street, road, or highway.

History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 226, § 15; Code 1933, § 68-401; Ga. L. 1941, p. 449, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 772, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 83, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 27, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 83, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 30, § 1;

Code 1933, § 95A-957, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 439, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1798, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 32; Ga. L. 1984, p. 621, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 567, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Promotion of safety and protection of public investment. - O.C.G.A. §§ 32-1-10, 32-6-23, 32-6-24, 46-7-61 (now repealed) and 46-7-78 (now repealed) are intended to promote the safety of the traveling public and protect the public’s investment in the public’s roads and highways. 1981 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U81-17.

Traffic regulation. - This section qualifies as a statute relating to traffic upon the public roads, streets, and highways, violation of which is punishable as a misdemeanor offense. 1979 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U79-14.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Validity and applicability of statutes relating to use of highway by private motor carriers and contract motor carriers for hire, 175 A.L.R. 1333. Liability for injury or damage caused by collision with portion of load projecting beyond rear or side of motor vehicle or trailer, 21 A.L.R.3d 371.

Violation of regulation governing size or weight of motor vehicles, or combinations of vehicles and loads, on the highway as basis of liability for personal injury, death, or damage to private property, 21 A.L.R.3d 989.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2001 · leading case: Greene Cnty. v. North Shore Resort at Lake Oconee, LLC, 517 S.E.2d 553 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).

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Greene Cnty. v. North Shore Resort at Lake Oconee, LLC, 517 S.E.2d 553 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 32-6-23. "Manufactured homes" come in widths from eight to sixteen feet wide; two can be joined to form a "double wide.”

Howard v. State, 555 S.E.2d 884 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “His guilty plea to additional counts of reckless driving, OCGA § 40-6-390, exceeding allowed width of vehicles and loads, OCGA § 32-6-23, and failure to obtain a permit, OCGA §§ 32-6-20; 32-6-26; 32-6-28, merged into the vehicular homicide count.”

State of Ga. v. Moore, 376 S.E.2d 877 (Ga. 1989). · cites it 2× “1 “The limitations of Code Section 32-6-23 as to width and of Code Section 32-6-24 as to length shall not apply to the following loads and vehicles, which may exceed such limitation without a permit: farming or agricultural equipment or forest management equipment, whether…”

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