O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-245 (2019)

Driving through canyon or on mountain highway

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The driver of a vehicle traveling through a defile or canyon or on a mountain highway shall hold such vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the highway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of such vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of 200 feet along the highway.

History

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 97; Code 1933, § 68A-1107, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1483, § 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Duty in operating automobile at curve or on hill, 57 A.L.R. 589. Automobiles: duty and liability with re-

spect to giving audible signal where driver’s view ahead is obstructed at curve or hill, 16 A.L.R.3d 897.