No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event, the overtaking vehicle shall return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and, in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within 200 feet of any approaching vehicle.
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 58A; Code 1933, § 68A-305, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road
Article 3 - Driving on Right Side of Roadway, Overtaking and Passing, Following Too Closely
§ 40-6-40. Vehicles to Drive on Right Side of Roadway; Exceptions; Impeding Traffic
§ 40-6-41. Passing Vehicles Proceeding in Opposite Directions
§ 40-6-42. Overtaking and Passing Generally
§ 40-6-43. When Overtaking and Passing on the Right Permitted
§ 40-6-44. Limitations on Overtaking and Passing on the Left
§ 40-6-45. Further Limitations on Driving on Left of Center of Roadway
§ 40-6-47. One-Way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands
§ 40-6-48. Driving on Roadways Laned for Traffic
§ 40-6-49. Following Too Closely
§ 40-6-50. Driving on Divided Highway, Controlled-Access Roadways, and Emergency Lanes
§ 40-6-52. Prohibited Lane Usage by Trucks Using Multilane Highways
§ 40-6-55. Obligation of Drivers to Yield to Bicyclist in a Bicycle Lane