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2006 Georgia Code - 32-9-4
32-9-4. (a) The department is authorized to designate
travel lanes in each direction of travel on any road in the state
highway system for the exclusive or preferential use of:
(1) Buses; (2) Motorcycles; (3) Passenger vehicles occupied by two persons
or more; (4) Vehicles bearing
alternative fueled vehicle license plates issued under Code Section
40-2-76; or (5) Other
vehicles as designated by the department. Where such designation has been made, the road
shall be appropriately marked with such signs or other roadway
markers and markings to inform the traveling public of the lane
restrictions imposed. (a.1)
Upon approval through either legislative action in the United
States Congress or regulatory action by the United States
Department of Transportation to permit hybrid vehicles with fewer
than two occupants to operate in a high occupancy vehicle lane, the
department shall authorize hybrid vehicles, as defined in Code
Section 40-2-76, to use the travel lanes designated for such
vehicles as provided in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this
Code section. (b) No driver
of any vehicle not authorized to be operated in a lane designated
and signed for exclusive use shall operate such vehicle in such
lane except to execute turning movements or in an emergency
situation. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided for in Code Section
40-6-54. (c) No traffic lane
shall be designated and signed for exclusive use pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Code section without the approval of the
State Transportation Board. (d) The department is authorized to promulgate
necessary rules and regulations in order to carry out the purposes
of this Code section.
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