O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-5 (2019)

Persons working on highways

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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.

History

(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.)

Annotations

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.