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2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 40-6-240. Backing
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GA Code § 40-6-240 (2021)
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- 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.
(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 94; Code 1933, § 68A-1102, 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, § 229.
C.J.S.- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 695.
ALR.- Duties and liabilities between owners or drivers of parked or parking vehicles, 25 A.L.R.2d 1224.
Liability for injury occasioned by backing of motor vehicle in public street or highway, 63 A.L.R.2d 5.
Liability for injury occasioned by backing of motor vehicle from private premises into public street or highway, 63 A.L.R.2d 108.
Liability for injury or damage occasioned by backing of motor vehicle within private premises, 63 A.L.R.2d 184.
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