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2018 Georgia Code 40-6-291 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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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 13 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES

40-6-291. Traffic laws applicable to bicycles; operation upon paved shoulder; signaling of right hand turns.

  1. The provisions of this chapter that apply to vehicles, but not exclusively to motor vehicles, shall apply to bicycles, except as provided in this Code section and except that the penalties prescribed in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-6-390, subsection (c) of Code Section 40-6-391, and subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-393 shall not apply to persons riding bicycles.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 40-6-50, any person operating a bicycle may ride upon a paved shoulder; provided, however, that such person shall not be required to ride upon a paved shoulder.
  3. Any person operating a bicycle may signal a right turn with his or her right arm and hand extended horizontally or with his or her left hand and arm extended upward.

(Ga. L. 1973, p. 471, § 3; Code 1933, § 68A-1202, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1483, § 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2011, p. 426, § 3/HB 101.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was driving the defendant's vehicle in a manner exhibiting a reckless disregard for the safety of others as the defendant was distraught, had consumed alcohol, and was driving outside the defendant's lane of travel when the defendant struck from behind the victim on a bicycle, which had visible reflectors. Lesh v. State, 259 Ga. App. 325, 577 S.E.2d 4 (2003).

Cited in Hunter v. Batton, 160 Ga. App. 849, 288 S.E.2d 244 (1982).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 227. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 593.

ALR.

- Injury to one while coasting in the street, 20 A.L.R. 1433; 109 A.L.R. 941.

Reciprocal duties of driver of automobile and bicyclist or motorcyclist, 172 A.L.R. 736.

Operation of bicycle as within drunk driving statute, 73 A.L.R.4th 1139.

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