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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 13. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES · Part 2. MOTORCYCLES

40-6-312. Operating motorcycle on roadway laned for traffic.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.#

  2. (b)

    The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.#

  3. (c)

    No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.#

  4. (d)

    Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.#

  5. (e)

    A person operating a motorcycle shall at all times keep his headlights and taillights illuminated.#

  6. (f)

    Subsections (b) and (c) of this Code section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 68A-1303, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, page 238; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.