2020 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 6 - Turning, Starting, Signaling
§ 40-6-121. U-Turns

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 40-6-121 (2020)
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No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction:

  1. Upon any curve;
  2. Upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of another vehicle approaching from either direction;
  3. Where such turn cannot be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic; or
  4. Where a prohibition is posted.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 67; Code 1933, § 68A-602, 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, § 246.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 53, 54, 56. 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 706.

ALR.

- 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: liability for U-turn collisions, 53 A.L.R.4th 849.

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