O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-241.2 (2019)

Writing, sending, or reading text based communication while operating motor vehicle prohibited; prohibited uses of wireless telecommunication devices by drivers of commercial vehicles; exceptions; penalties for violation

✓ 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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Repealed by Ga. L. 2018, p. 127, § 6/HB 673, effective July 1, 2018.

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Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 40-6-241.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 1158, § 4/SB 360; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1370, § 6/HB 118. Ga. L. 2018, p. 127, § 1/HB 673, not

codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Hands-Free Georgia Act.’ ’’

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Lindsey v. Clinch Cnty. Glass, Inc., 718 S.E.2d 806 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).

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Lindsey v. Clinch Cnty. Glass, Inc., 718 S.E.2d 806 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Subject to certain exceptions, reading, sending or writing text based communications while driving is now prohibited in Georgia, OCGA § 40-6-241.2, and drivers under age 18 are prohibited from all forms of wireless communication while driving, except in certain specified…”

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