{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-291","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 40-6-291","heading":"Traffic laws applicable to bicycles; operation upon paved shoulder; signaling of right hand turns.","body":"(a) The provisions of this chapter that apply to vehicles, but not exclusively to motor vehicles, shall apply to bicycles, except as provided in this Code section and except that the penalties prescribed in subsection (b) of Code Section 40-6-390, subsection (c) of Code Section 40-6-391, and subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-393 shall not apply to persons riding bicycles.\n(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 40-6-50, any person operating a bicycle may ride upon a paved shoulder; provided, however, that such person shall not be required to ride upon a paved shoulder.\n(c) Any person operating a bicycle may signal a right turn with his or her right arm and hand extended horizontally or with his or her left hand and arm extended upward.","path":["TITLE 40 Motor Vehicles and Traffic","CHAPTER 6 Uniform Rules of the Road","Article 13 Special Provisions for Certain Vehicles","PART 1 Bicycles and Play Vehicles"],"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":"a99e2125c3886b29c43a3f3457edbd0442c3a6c3e00d59ee7f3cbe678ca7991a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-290","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-40-6-292"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}