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2018 Georgia Code 40-6-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 40-6-5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-6-5

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 6. Uniform Rules of the Road, 40-6-1 through 40-6-397.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

40-6-5. Persons working on highways.

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter, except those contained in Article 15 of this chapter, shall not apply to authorized persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 25; Code 1933, § 68A-106, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Term "work" encompasses both construction and repair. Myerholtz v. Conway, 108 Ga. App. 697, 134 S.E.2d 513 (1963), overruled on other grounds, Aultman v. Spellmeyer, 111 Ga. App. 769, 143 S.E.2d 403 (1965).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 426.

C.J.S.

- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 889.

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