Laws
From the Georgia Code:
- Laws Related to Bicycles -
Sections 40-6-290 thru 40-6-299
- Laws Related to Pedestrians -
Sections 40-6-90 thru 40-6-99
See also Sections 40-6-21, 40-6-22 and 40-6-72
- Definitions from the Georgia Code - Motor Vehicle and
Traffic Code (Title 40) including key definitions as related to
bicycle and pedestrian travel:
Key Definitions
- Bicycle: Every device propelled by human power upon which
any person may ride, having only two wheels which are in tandem
and either of which is more than 13 inches in diameter.
- Bicycle path: A right-of-way under the jurisdiction and
control of this state or a local political subdivision thereof
designated for use by bicycle riders.
- Bicycle trailer: Every device pulled by a bicycle and
designed by the manufacturer of such device to carry human
passengers.
- Crosswalk: (A) That part of a roadway at an intersection
included within the connections of the lateral lines of the
sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the
curbs or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the
traversable roadway; or (B) Any portion of a roadway at an
intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian
crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
- Driver: Every person who drives or is in actual physical
control of a vehicle.
- Highway: The entire width between the boundary lines of
every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to
the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
- Pedestrian: Any person afoot.
- Roadway: That portion of a highway improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or
shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate
roadways, the term 'roadway' shall refer to any such roadway
separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.
- Safety Zone: The area or space officially set apart within a
roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is
protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to
be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety
zone.
- Sidewalk: That portion of a street between the curb lines,
or the lateral lines of a railway, and the adjacent property
lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
- Vehicle: Every device in, upon, or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway,
excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks.
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