O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-279 (2019)

Accidents involving operation of fully autonomous vehicles

✓ 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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Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, when an accident involves a fully autonomous vehicle with the automated driving system engaged, the requirements of subsection (a) of Code Sections 40-6-270, 40-6-271, 40-6-272, 40-6-273, and 40-6-273.1 shall be deemed satisfied if such fully autonomous vehicle remains on the scene of such accident as required by law and such fully autonomous vehicle or operator promptly contacts a local law enforcement agency and communicates the information required by this chapter.

History

(Code 1981, § 40-6-279, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 549, § 3/SB 219.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5, redesignated former Code Section 40-6-279 as present Code Section

Law reviews. - For article on the 2017 enactment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2017).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 326 et seq.

ARTICLE 13 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES Administrative rules and regulations. - Bicycle safety, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the

State of Georgia, Department of Public Safety, Chapter 570-10.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - Motorist’s Negligence in Child ‘‘Dart-Out’’ Case, 10 POF3d 1. Negligence of Motorist in Accident Involving Bicyclist, 11 POF3d 395. Motor Vehicle Accidents - Contribu-

tory Negligence by Bicyclist, 11 POF3d 503. ALR. - Products liability issues surrounding design, production, distribution, and use of recreational and vehicular helmets, 13 A.L.R.7th 5.

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