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2020 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 13 - Special Provisions for Certain Vehicles
Part 1 - Bicycles and Play Vehicles
§ 40-6-297. Violation of Part A Misdemeanor; Duty of Parents and Guardians
Universal Citation: GA Code § 40-6-297 (2020)
- It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this part.
- The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this part.
(Code 1933, § 68A-1201, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Code 1981, §40-6-298; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5; Code 1981, §40-6-297, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2011, p. 426, § 3/HB 101.)
Editor's notes.- This Code section formerly pertained to reflectors on pedals of bicycles. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1972, p. 547, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 471, § 4; Code 1933, § 68A-1208, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 426, § 3/HB 101, effective July 1, 2011.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Injury to one while coasting in the street, 20 A.L.R. 1433; 109 A.L.R. 941.
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