O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-160 (2019)

Speed limits when transporting children

✓ 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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(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 to and from school activities at a speed greater than 40 miles per hour on a public road other than one which is a part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways; or (2) A school bus transporting school children to and from school or to and from school activities on a public road which is a part of The

Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour. (b) When a school bus is transporting school children to or from an event or school activity or an express bus transporting students from one school to another school and is not loading or unloading children during such transportation, the speed limit shall be 55 miles per hour on other public roads as well as on those public roads which are a part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

History

(Code 1933, § 68A-706, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2065, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 540, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2785, § 23; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 40.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Code section not applicable to public transit systems transporting school children, § 40-8-114. RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Liability of motorbus carrier or driver for death of, or injury to, discharged

passenger struck by other vehicle, 16 A.L.R.5th 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Todd v. Carstarphen, 236 F. Supp. 3d 1311 (N.D. Ga. 2017).

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Todd v. Carstarphen, 236 F. Supp. 3d 1311 (N.D. Ga. 2017). · cites it 2× “2d 615, 617 (1987); see O.C.G.A. §§ 40-6-160 et seq. 48 The APS Bus Stop Safety Procedures do not require a parent to walk their children to and from the bus stop, and do not address the age at which children may walk .”

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