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

O.C.G.A. § 40-8-24 (2019)

Reflectors

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) Every motor vehicle manufactured after March 12, 1954, and operated upon a highway, other than a truck tractor, motorcycle, or motor driven cycle, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the taillights or separately, two red reflectors, and every motorcycle and every motor driven cycle shall carry on the rear at least one red reflector, meeting the requirements of this Code section. (b) Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than 20 inches nor more than 60 inches measured as set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-8-21 and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from the rear of such vehicle except that visibility from the greater distance is hereinafter required of reflectors on certain types of vehicles. (c) When operated, towed, or parked upon a highway, roadway, or street at any time, every trailer and semitrailer which would otherwise be exempt from this article as an implement of husbandry under Code Section 40-8-1 shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the taillights or separately, two red reflectors and shall carry on the front two red reflectors. The reflectors carried on the rear shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this Code section. The reflectors carried on the front of such trailer or semitrailer shall be mounted thereon at a height of not less than 20 inches nor more than 60 inches measured as

set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-8-21 and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from the front of such trailer or semitrailer.

History

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 107; Code 1933, § 68E-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 298, § 2.)

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, ‘‘motor driven’’ was substituted for ‘‘motor-driven’’

in two places in subsection (a) and ‘‘taillights’’ was substituted for ‘‘tail lights’’ in subsections (a) and (c).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 190, 191. C.J.S. - 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 43 et seq. 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles,

§ 625 et seq. 61 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1208. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1639.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–2005 · leading case: Dixon v. State, 609 S.E.2d 148 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).
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Dixon v. State, 609 S.E.2d 148 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “5 OCGA § 40-8-24. 6 OCGA § 40-8-25. 7 See Nelson v.”
Hall v. Buck, 426 S.E.2d 586 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “” The trial judge charged the general safe vehicle statute, OCGA § 40-8-7, followed by those specific sections contained within that chapter which were supported by the evidence in the case — the statutes dealing with taillights (OCGA § 40-8-23); reflectors (OCGA § 40-8-24); log…”
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