2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 4 - Right of Way
§ 40-6-71. Yield When Turning Left
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 73; Code 1933, § 68A-402, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 287.
C.J.S.- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 699 et seq., 864.
ALR.
- Right of way at street or highway intersections, 47 A.L.R. 595.
Reciprocal duties of drivers of automobiles or other vehicles proceeding in the same direction, 47 A.L.R. 703; 62 A.L.R. 970; 104 A.L.R. 485.
Automobiles: cutting corners as negligence, 115 A.L.R. 1178.
Liability for accident arising from failure of motorist to give signal for left turn at intersection, as against oncoming or intersecting motor vehicle, 39 A.L.R.2d 65.
Liability for accident arising from failure of motorist to give signal for left turn between intersections, 39 A.L.R.2d 103.
Duty and liability of vehicle drivers approaching intersection of one-way street with other street, 62 A.L.R.2d 275.
