| 10 | 6 | | Annotated, relating to operation of farm use vehicles, so as to provide for and revise2 |
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| 11 | 7 | | definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal3 |
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| 12 | 8 | | conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 13 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 14 | 10 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 15 | 11 | | Part 1B of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,7 |
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| 16 | 12 | | relating to operation of farm use vehicles, is amended by revising Code Section 40-6-308,8 |
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| 17 | 13 | | relating to operation of farm tractors upon certain highways and yielding of right of way, as9 |
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| 18 | 14 | | follows:10 |
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| 19 | 15 | | "40-6-308.11 |
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| 20 | 16 | | (a) As used in this Code section, the term:12 |
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| 21 | 17 | | (1) 'Farm tractor' means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm13 |
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| 22 | 18 | | implement, for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.14 |
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| 23 | 19 | | (2) 'Implement of husbandry' means every device, whether it is self-propelled or not,15 |
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| 33 | 26 | | husbandry.20 |
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| 34 | 27 | | (b) Farm tractors, except trailers and semitrailers operated in accordance with statutory21 |
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| 35 | 28 | | limits or provisions of Code Sections 32-6-24 and 40-8-50, shall not be permitted to travel22 |
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| 36 | 29 | | upon any highway in this state which is a part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of23 |
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| 37 | 30 | | Interstate and Defense Highways, provided that the Department of Public Safety shall have24 |
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| 38 | 31 | | the authority to permit such travel in certain geographic areas of the state as deemed25 |
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| 39 | 32 | | necessary. Farm tractors or implements of husbandry may be operated on any state or local26 |
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| 40 | 33 | | roadway highway in this state if the operator complies with Code Section 40-8-4 and has27 |
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| 41 | 34 | | taken reasonable steps to reduce the width of the farm tractor or implement of husbandry28 |
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| 42 | 35 | | as provided for by the manufacturer. Whenever the width of a farm tractor or implement29 |
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| 43 | 36 | | of husbandry exceeds the width of that portion of a roadway on which the farm tractor or30 |
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| 44 | 37 | | implement of husbandry is driven, which is marked as a single lane of traffic, or, if the31 |
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| 45 | 38 | | roadway has not been marked for lanes of traffic and the width of the farm tractor or32 |
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| 46 | 39 | | implement of husbandry exceeds more than 50 percent of the width of the roadway, the33 |
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| 47 | 40 | | operator shall move the farm tractor or implement of husbandry, as soon as possible, as far34 |
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| 48 | 41 | | to the right-hand side of the roadway as is practicable and safe upon approach of any35 |
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| 49 | 42 | | oncoming or following vehicle and upon approaching the crest of a hill.36 |
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| 50 | 43 | | (c) Upon the immediate approach of a farm tractor or implement of husbandry which37 |
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| 51 | 44 | | cannot be moved by the operator thereof to the far right-hand side of the roadway in38 |
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| 52 | 45 | | compliance with subsection (b) of this Code section, due to the existence of any bridge or39 |
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| 53 | 46 | | guardrail, sign, or any other physical impediment which would not safely allow such tractor40 |
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| 54 | 47 | | or implement of husbandry to travel on the far right-hand side of the road, the driver of41 |
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| 55 | 48 | | every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately pull over to the far42 |
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