Except as hereinafter provided in this part, the headlights or the auxiliary driving light or the auxiliary passing light or combination thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor driven cycles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations, and such lights may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 113; Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 25, § 1; Code 1933, § 68E-211, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-30 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, in the first sentence of paragraph (3), commas were deleted following “indicator” and “use.”
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, in the introductory language and in paragraph (3), “motor driven” was substituted for “motor-driven.
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