O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-291 (2019)

Traffic laws applicable to bicycles; operation upon paved shoulder; signaling of right hand turns

✓ 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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(a) 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. (b) 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. (c) 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.

History

(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.)

Annotations

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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Lesh v. State, 577 S.E.2d 4 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).

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Lesh v. State, 577 S.E.2d 4 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “4 OCGA § 40-6-291. 5 Malcom v. Malcolm, 112 Ga.”

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