{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-180","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-6-180","heading":"Basic rules.","body":"No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consistently with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a reasonable and prudent speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching and traversing a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 6 Uniform Rules of the Road","Article 9 Speed Restrictions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.40.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"2113613c2e03771fd35d8a458c25970c405c2913cbd5298e195400ef008e507a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-165","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-181"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}