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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

40-6-314. Footrests and handlebars.

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

  1. (a)

    Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger.#

  2. (b)

    No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than 25 inches in height above that portion of the seat occupied by the operator or with a backrest more commonly known as a sissy bar that is designed in such a way as to create a sharp point at its apex.#

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

Ga. L. 1969, p. 732, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 475, § 2; Code 1933, § 68A-1305, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2016, p. 90, § 2/HB 166.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2016, p. 90, § 1/HB 166, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act.’’’

Other notes

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted ‘‘25 inches’’ for ‘‘15 inches’’ in subsection (b).

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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 239; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 82c1b132c971.