2025 Georgia Codes – Page 280

(a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of a roadway designed and authorized for traffic traveling in
opposite directions under the following conditions:
(1) When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver’s view is
obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the
opposite direction;
(2) When traversing any:
(A) Intersection which is clearly marked by a solid barrier line placed on the right-hand element of a combi-
nation stripe along the center or lane line or by a solid double yellow line; or
(B) Railroad grade crossing; or
(3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct, or tunnel.
(b) The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway nor under the conditions described
in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-40 nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or
from an alley, private road, driveway, or roadway.

(a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any
highway under their respective jurisdictions where overtaking and passing or driving to the left side of the
roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate
the beginning and end of such zones and, when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to
an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof. Such no-passing
zones shall be clearly marked by a solid barrier line placed on the right-hand element of a combination stripe
along the center or lane line or by a solid double yellow line.
(b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (a) of this
Code section, no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or
on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
(c) This Code section does not apply under the conditions described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of
Code Section 40-6-40 nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road, or drive-
way.