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2018 Georgia Code 32-6-23 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 32-6-23 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 32-6-23

TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Section 6. Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally, 32-6-1 through 32-6-248.

ARTICLE 2 DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS

32-6-23. Width of vehicles and loads.

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.

(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.)

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- O.C.G.A. §§ 32-1-10,32-6-23,32-6-24,46-7-61 (now repealed) and46-7-78 (now repealed) are intended to promote the safety of the traveling public and protect the public's investment in the public's roads and highways. 1981 Op.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 (see O.C.G.A. § 32-6-23).

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.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 32-6-23

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State of Ga. v. Moore, 376 S.E.2d 877 (Ga. 1989).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 2, 1989 | 259 Ga. 139

...State, 248 Ga. 60, 62 (281 SE2d 503) (1981). 10. In light of these dispositions, other enumerated constitutional challenges need not be addressed. Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part. All the Justices concur. NOTES [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 sel...