§ 40-6-251. Driving in Circular or Zigzag Course; “Laying drags.”
No driver of any motor vehicle shall operate the vehicle upon the public streets, highways, public or private driveways, airport runways, or parking lots in such a manner as to create a danger to persons or property by intentionally and unnecessarily causing the vehicle to move in a zigzag or circular course or to gyrate […]
§ 40-6-252. Parking, Standing, or Driving Vehicle in Private Parking Area After Request Not to Do So
No person shall, after having been requested not to do so by a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the owner, park or stand an occupied or unoccupied motor vehicle in or repeatedly drive a motor vehicle through or within a parking area located on privately owned property and provided by a merchant, […]
§ 40-6-253. Consumption of Alcoholic Beverage or Possession of Open Container of Alcoholic Beverage in Passenger Area
As used in this Code section, the term: “Alcoholic beverage” means: Beer, ale, porter, stout, and other similar fermented beverages, including sake or similar products, of any name or description containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor; […]
§ 40-6-253.1. Transportation of Medical Waste; Exception; Penalty for Violation
As used in this Code section, the terms “infectious substance” and “regulated medical waste” have the same meaning as given to those terms under the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations published in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations as those regulations currently exist or may in the future be amended. The terms “etiologic agent” […]
§ 40-6-254. Operating Vehicle Without Adequately Securing Load
No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a load on or in such vehicle unless the load on or in such vehicle is adequately secured to prevent the dropping or shifting of such load onto the roadway in such a manner as to create a safety hazard. For purposes of this Code section, a […]
§ 40-6-255. Driving Away Without Paying for Gasoline
No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which gasoline offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of such motor vehicle unless due payment or authorized charge for the gasoline so dispensed has been made. Any person who violates subsection […]
§ 40-6-240. Backing
A driver shall not back a vehicle unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. A driver of a vehicle shall not back a vehicle upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway. History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 94; Code 1933, § 68A-1102, enacted […]
§ 40-6-241. Distracted Driving; Restrictions on Operation of Wireless Telecommunications Devices and Stand-Alone Electronic Devices; Penalty; Exceptions
As used in this Code section, the term: “Stand-alone electronic device” means a device other than a wireless telecommunications device which stores audio or video data files to be retrieved on demand by a user. “Utility services” means and includes electric, natural gas, water, waste-water, cable, telephone, or telecommunications services or the repair, location, relocation, […]
§ 40-6-242. Obstruction of Driver’s View or Interference With Control of Vehicle
No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism of […]
§ 40-6-243. Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to […]