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2018 Georgia Code 40-8-94 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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

O.C.G.A. 40-8-94 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-8-94

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

40-8-94. Sirens, whistles, or bells.

Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such siren shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which latter event the driver of such vehicle shall sound the siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 116.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Unlawful siren use not negligence per se.

- In a negligence action arising out of a motor vehicle collision, the defendant's unlawful use of a siren was not negligence per se. There had to be evidence of a causal relationship between the defendant's failure to obtain a permit for the siren and the collision. Pryor v. Phillips, 222 Ga. App. 116, 473 S.E.2d 535 (1996).

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