Every vehicle upon a highway within this state at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any time when it is raining in the driving zone and at any other time when there is not sufficient visibility to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead shall display lights, including headlights, and illuminating devices as required in this part for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as stated in this part.
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 103; Ga. L. 1973, p. 434, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 667, § 1; Code 1933, § 68E-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-20 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, “half-hour” was substituted for “half hour” in two places.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 8 - Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles
Article 1 - Equipment Generally
§ 40-8-20. When Lighted Headlights and Other Lights Required
§ 40-8-21. Visibility Distance and Mounted Height; Exception for Wreckers
§ 40-8-25. Brake Lights and Turn Signals Required
§ 40-8-26. Standards for Brake Lights and Signal Devices
§ 40-8-27. Light, Flag, or Strobe Lamp on Projecting Load; Requirements for Lamp and Flag
§ 40-8-28. Lights on Parked Vehicles
§ 40-8-29. Spotlights, Foglights, and Auxiliary Lights Permitted
§ 40-8-30. Standards for Multiple-Beam Road Lighting Equipment
§ 40-8-31. Use of Multiple-Beam Road Lighting Equipment
§ 40-8-32. Lights on Vehicles of Rural Mail Carriers