O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-250 (2019)

Wearing device which impairs hearing or vision

✓ 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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No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing a headset or headphone which would impair such person’s ability to hear, nor shall any person while operating a motor vehicle wear any device which impairs such person’s vision; provided, however, that a person may wear a headset or headphone for communication purposes.

History

(Ga. L. 1974, p. 1137, § 1; Code 1933, § 68A-1112, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1601, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1399, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 759, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1158, § 5/SB 360.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2010, p. 1158, § 1/SB 360, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Caleb Sorohan Act for Saving Lives by Preventing Texting While Driving.’ ’’

Ga. L. 2010, p. 1158, § 6/SB 360, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2010. Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Motor

Vehicles and Traffic,’’ see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 155 (2011). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting not required. - Offense arising from a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-250 does not appear to be an offense

for which fingerprinting is required. 2010 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 10-6.