Título 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Capítulo 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Artículo 3. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY, OVERTAKING AND PASSING, FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY
40-6-42. Overtaking and passing generally.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules stated in this article:
- (1)
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle; and#
- (2)
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.#
History
Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 57; Code 1933, § 68A-303, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 40; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.
Law reviews
For comment on Roberts v. Phillips, 35 Ga. App. 733, 134 S.E. 837 (1926), see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 1, p. 49 (1927).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t40-ch6-16-(v29)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volumen V29, edición 2018, páginas 69 a 70; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 82c1b132c971.