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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD |
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Article 10. STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING |
| Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| § 40-6-200. How vehicles to be parked; powers of Department of Transportation and local authorities |
| § 40-6-201. Leaving motor vehicle unattended |
| § 40-6-202. Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residential districts |
| § 40-6-203. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places; stopping or standing for collecting municipal solid waste or recovered materials |
| § 40-6-204. Exception as to disabled vehicles |
| § 40-6-205. Obstructing intersection |
| § 40-6-206. When police officers may remove vehicles |
| § 40-6-207. Liability of owner for traffic or parking violations occurring while vehicle leased to another; duty of owner to attend hearing on the offense; improper vehicle maintenance |
| § 40-6-208. Parking areas for passengers of rapid rail or public transit buses; violations |
| Part 2. PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES |
| § 40-6-220. Short title |
| § 40-6-221. Definitions |
| § 40-6-222. Permits |
| § 40-6-223. Fees |
| § 40-6-224. Out-of-state handicapped or persons with disabilities license plates or permits |
| § 40-6-224.1. Handicapped parking places for the nonambulatory |
| § 40-6-225. Parking places for persons with disabilities for the nonambulatory |
| § 40-6-226. Offenses and penalties |
| § 40-6-227. Application to both public and private property |
| § 40-6-228. Enforcement |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 40 Chapter 6 Article 10 NOTE
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
ARTICLE'S PURPOSE. --The legislature, in making it a crime to park in specified areas or fashions by the road, enacted the law for the benefit of all persons who might meet or follow the parked vehicle, and the law's purpose was to avoid collisions by persons coming from behind the parked vehicle and those meeting the parked vehicle. O'Pry v. Goodman, 132 Ga. App. 191, 207 S.E.2d 674 (1974).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. --Feasibility of Stopping or Parking Vehicle off Roadway, 26 POF2d 575.
ALR. --Lunch wagons in street, 4 ALR 346.
Applicability of motor vehicle regulations to public officials or employees, 19 ALR 459; 23 ALR 418.
Validity of ordinance which denies to automobiles while used for hire the parking privileges extended to automobiles generally, 22 ALR 113.
Right of abutting owner to control cab stands or parking in street, 33 ALR 355.
Reciprocal duties of drivers of automobiles or other vehicles proceeding in the same direction, 62 ALR 970; 104 ALR 485.
Municipal establishment or operation of off-street public parking facilities, 8 ALR2d 373.
When is motor vehicle "disabled" or the like within exception to statute regulating parking or stopping, 15 ALR2d 909.
Inference or presumption that owner of motor vehicle was its driver at time of traffic, driving, or parking offense, 49 ALR2d 456.
Liability of owner or driver of double-parked motor vehicle for ensuing injury, death, or damage, 82 ALR2d 726.
ARTICLE'S PURPOSE. --The legislature, in making it a crime to park in specified areas or fashions by the road, enacted the law for the benefit of all persons who might meet or follow the parked vehicle, and the law's purpose was to avoid collisions by persons coming from behind the parked vehicle and those meeting the parked vehicle. O'Pry v. Goodman, 132 Ga. App. 191, 207 S.E.2d 674 (1974).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. --Feasibility of Stopping or Parking Vehicle off Roadway, 26 POF2d 575.
ALR. --Lunch wagons in street, 4 ALR 346.
Applicability of motor vehicle regulations to public officials or employees, 19 ALR 459; 23 ALR 418.
Validity of ordinance which denies to automobiles while used for hire the parking privileges extended to automobiles generally, 22 ALR 113.
Right of abutting owner to control cab stands or parking in street, 33 ALR 355.
Reciprocal duties of drivers of automobiles or other vehicles proceeding in the same direction, 62 ALR 970; 104 ALR 485.
Municipal establishment or operation of off-street public parking facilities, 8 ALR2d 373.
When is motor vehicle "disabled" or the like within exception to statute regulating parking or stopping, 15 ALR2d 909.
Inference or presumption that owner of motor vehicle was its driver at time of traffic, driving, or parking offense, 49 ALR2d 456.
Liability of owner or driver of double-parked motor vehicle for ensuing injury, death, or damage, 82 ALR2d 726.