Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

40-6-254. Operating vehicle without adequately securing load.

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No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a load on or in such vehicle unless the load on or in such vehicle is adequately secured to prevent the dropping or shifting of such load onto the roadway in such a manner as to create a safety hazard. For purposes of this Code section, a load shall include, but not be limited to, a trailer required to be registered under Chapter 2 of this title. Any person who operates a vehicle in violation of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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.

Code 1981, § 40-6-254, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1967, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1270, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 584, § 1/HB 123.

Securing loads on vehicles, § 40-6-248.1.

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Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, page 210; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.