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2018 Georgia Code 40-6-242 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 6. Uniform Rules of the Road, 40-6-1 through 40-6-397.

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

40-6-242. Obstruction of driver's view or interference with control of vehicle.

  1. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
  2. No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position or commit any act as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 96; Code 1933, § 68A-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Reed v. Dixon, 153 Ga. App. 604, 266 S.E.2d 286 (1980); Pate v. Seaboard R.R., Inc., 819 F.2d 1074 (11th Cir. 1987); Worthy v. Kendall, 222 Ga. App. 324, 474 S.E.2d 627 (1996); State v. Bute, 250 Ga. App. 479, 552 S.E.2d 465 (2001).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 650 et seq.

ALR.

- Negligence of automobile passenger as to lookout or other precaution as affecting question of negligence or contributory negligence of driver, 165 A.L.R. 596.

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