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 5. LOW-SPEED OR MULTIPURPOSE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES

40-6-361. Traffic laws applicable to low-speed or multipurpose off-highway vehicles.

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

(a)
All low-speed vehicles and multipurpose off-highway vehicles are entitled to full use of a lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any such vehicles of the full use of a lane.#
(b)
The operator of a low-speed vehicle or multipurpose off-highway vehicle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.#
(c)
No person shall operate a low-speed vehicle or multipurpose off-highway vehicle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.#
(d)
Low-speed vehicles and multipurpose off-highway vehicles shall not be operated two or more abreast in a single lane.#

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 1981, § 40-6-361, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 512, § 12; Ga. L. 2023, p. 352, § 2-7/HB 121, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “and multipurpose off-highway vehicles” in subsections (a) and (d), substituted “such vehicles” for “low-speed vehicle” near the end of subsection (a), and inserted “or multipurpose off-highway vehicle” in subsections (b) and (c).

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Text read from t40-ch6-16-(v29)-pdf.pdf, Volume V29, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, page 52; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 6fa67a38989e.

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