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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-6-361. Traffic laws applicable to low-speed or multipurpose off-highway vehicles.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-6-361. Traffic laws applicable to low-speed or multipurpose off-highway vehicles.

(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.

## 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).