Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in Code Section 40-8-20, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
History. Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 114; Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 25, § 1; Code 1933, § 68E-212, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-31 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 40.
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