Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

40-6-243. Opening and closing vehicle doors.

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No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1967, p. 542, § 5; Code 1933, § 68A-1105, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.

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Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, page 198; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.