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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 3. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY, OVERTAKING AND PASSING, FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY

40-6-45. Further limitations on driving on left of center of roadway.

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

  1. (a)

    No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of a roadway designed and authorized for traffic traveling in opposite directions under the following conditions:#

    1. (1)

      When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver’s view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;#

    2. (2)

      When traversing any:#

      1. (A)

        Intersection which is clearly marked by a solid barrier line placed on the right-hand element of a combination stripe along the center or lane line or by a solid double yellow line; or#

      2. (B)

        Railroad grade crossing; or#

    3. (3)

      When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct, or tunnel.#

  2. (b)

    The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway nor under the conditions described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-40 nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road, driveway, or roadway.#

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. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 59; Code 1933, § 68A-306, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1313, § 3.

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