09 LC
34 1988
House
Bill 76
By:
Representatives Levitas of the
82nd,
Wilkinson of the
52nd,
Lunsford of the
110th,
Mitchell of the
88th,
Powell of the
29th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-6-96 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to pedestrians walking on or along a roadway, so as to provide definitions; to
clarify legal activities of pedestrians; to provide for related matters; to
provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 40-6-96 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
pedestrians walking on or along a roadway, is revised as follows:
"40-6-96.
(a)
As used in
this Code section, 'pedestrian' means any person afoot and shall include,
without limitation, a person who is standing, striding, walking, jogging,
running, or otherwise on foot.
(b)
Where a sidewalk is provided,
it shall be
unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent
roadway
any pedestrian
shall stand or stride only on the sidewalk and shall not stand or stride upon an
adjacent roadway.
(b)(c)
Where a sidewalk is not provided but a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
walking
standing or
striding along and upon a highway shall
walk
stand or
stride only on the shoulder, as far as
practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c)(d)
Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
walking
standing or
striding along and upon a highway shall
walk
stand or
stride as near as practicable to an
outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two-lane roadway, shall
walk
stand or
stride only on the left side of the
roadway.
(d)(e)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway
shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(e)(f)
No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond
the bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication
has been given.
(f)(g)
No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or
barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while such gate or barrier is
closed or is being opened or closed."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2009.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.