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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-8-3. Vehicle or load dragging on highway; wheels causing pounding on road surface.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-8-3. Vehicle or load dragging on highway; wheels causing pounding on road surface.

No vehicle or load any portion of which drags or slides on the surface of the roadway shall be used or transported on the highways. No vehicle shall be used or transported on the highways the wheels of which, while being used or transported, either from construction or otherwise, cause pounding on the road surface.

## History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 226, § 17; Code 1933, § 68-404; Ga. L. 1970, p. 628, § 1; Code 1933, § 68E-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10.