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2018 Georgia Code 40-8-72 | 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 8. Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles, 40-8-1 through 40-8-291.

ARTICLE 1 EQUIPMENT GENERALLY

40-8-72. Mirrors.

  1. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver's view to the rear thereof from the driver's position shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
  2. Every commercial motor vehicle shall be equipped with two rear-vision mirrors meeting the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standards contained in 49 C.F.R. 571.111 in effect at the time of manufacture, one at each side, firmly attached to the outside of the motor vehicle, and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear, along both sides of the vehicle; provided, however, that only one outside mirror shall be required, which shall be on the driver's side, on a commercial motor vehicle which is so constructed that the driver has a view to the rear by means of an interior mirror.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 118; Code 1933, § 68E-403, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, §40-8-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 2011, p. 479, § 15/HB 112.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Original equipment not required.

- Defendant's truck's lack of an interior rearview mirror did not constitute a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-8-7 or O.C.G.A. § 40-8-72, neither of which required the vehicle to contain all original equipment from the time of manufacture and, as a result, could not have given the officer the requisite reasonable, articulable suspicion to justify a stop. Abercrombie v. State, 343 Ga. App. 774, 808 S.E.2d 245 (2017).

Cited in Coopers', Inc. v. Holmes, 126 Ga. App. 597, 191 S.E.2d 562 (1972); State v. Reid, 313 Ga. App. 633, 722 S.E.2d 364 (2012).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 736.

C.J.S.

- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 621, 667, 699, 701.

ALR.

- Liability for failure to provide motor vehicle with adequate rearview mirror, 27 A.L.R.2d 1040.

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