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

O.C.G.A. § 40-8-79 (2019)

Unlawfully riding in bed of pickup truck; penalty

✓ 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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It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 to ride as a passenger in the uncovered bed of a pickup truck on any interstate highway in this state. The driver of any vehicle in violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Code 1981, § 40-8-79, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 588, § 2.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in In re B.C.G., 235 Ga. App. 1, 508 S.E.2d 239 (1998); Steele v. State, 275 Ga. App. 651, 621 S.E.2d 606 (2005).

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PART 5 EQUIPMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES

Cross references. - Operation of authorized emergency vehicles, § 40-6-6.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1998–2005 · leading case: In the Interest of B. C. G., 508 S.E.2d 239 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
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In the Interest of B. C. G., 508 S.E.2d 239 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 18× “violated OCGA § 40-8-79, which prohibits a driver from allowing a person under the age of 18 to ride as a passenger in the uncovered bed of a pickup truck on an interstate highway.”
Steele v. State, 621 S.E.2d 606 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 40-8-79. 4 Singley v. State, 198 Ga.”
In Interest of Bcg, 508 S.E.2d 239 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 18× “violated OCGA § 40-8-79, which prohibits a driver from allowing a person under the age of 18 to ride as a passenger in the uncovered bed of a pickup truck on an interstate highway.”
State v. McDuff, 555 S.E.2d 213 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 8× “In addition, the trial court determined that OCGA § 40-8-79, precluding a minor from riding in an open pickup truck on an interstate, would be rendered “superfluous” if OCGA § 40-8-76.”
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