2021 Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 8 - Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles
Article 1 - Equipment Generally
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 40-8-1. Application of Article

1. This article shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, farm tractors, or three-wheeled motorcycles used only for agricultural purposes, except when expressly made applicable. This article shall not apply to personal transportation vehicles.
2. Unless otherwise required by federal law, rule, or regulation, a fully autonomous vehicle that is designed to be operated exclusively by the automated driving system for all trips shall not be subject to any provisions of this article that relate to or support motor vehicle operation by a human driver and are not relevant to the operation of an automated driving system.
3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle, which use is not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 102; Ga. L. 1973, p. 598, § 3; Code 1933, § 68E-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, §40-8-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1329, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 40; Ga. L. 2014, p. 745, § 13/HB 877; Ga. L. 2021, p. 456, § 2/SB 165.)

The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, added subsection (b) and redesignated former subsection (b) as subsection (c).

Motor vehicles owned by a city or county are subject to the same equipment requirements as privately owned vehicles. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 468.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 184 et seq., 220, 221.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 33 et seq., 43 et seq., 111 et seq.

- Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute or ordinance requiring inspection of motor vehicles, 106 A.L.R. 795.