2025 Georgia Codes – Page 352

When an accident involves a personal delivery device, the requirements of Code Sections 40-6-270, 40-6-
271, 40-6-272, 40-6-273, and 40-6-273.1 shall be satisfied if such personal delivery device remains on the
scene of such accident as required by law and the personal delivery device operator promptly contacts a
local law enforcement agency and communicates the information required by this chapter.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this part relating to an electric personal assistive mobility
device other than Code Section 40-6-326 shall not be guilty of a criminal offense or a moving traffic viola-
tion for purposes of Code Section 40-5-57 but shall be subject to a civil monetary penalty not to exceed
$500.00.
(b) Any violation of this part by a personal delivery device shall not be a criminal offense or a moving traffic
violation for purposes of Code Section 40-5-57 but shall be subject to a civil monetary penalty not to exceed
$500.00. Any citation for a violation of this part or any other laws or ordinances relating to the operation of
a personal delivery device shall be issued to the personal delivery device owner by use of the information
displayed on the unique identification marker on the device.
(c) Any court having jurisdiction over violations relating to the operation of a motor vehicle shall have
jurisdiction over cases arising under this part and shall be authorized to impose the civil monetary penalty
provided by this Code section. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the provisions of law gov-
erning jurisdiction, procedure, defenses, adjudication, appeal, and payment and distribution of penalties oth-
erwise applicable to violations relating to the operation of a motor vehicle shall apply to enforcement under
this Code section; provided, however, that any appeal from a superior or state court shall be by application in
the same manner as that provided by Code Section 5-6-35.

Every person operating a moped shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable
to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter except as to special regulations in this part and except
as to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application. However, the operator
of a moped shall not be required to comply with subsection (e) of Code Section 40-6-312, relating to head-
lights and taillights, or subsection (b) of Code Section 40-6-315, relating to windshields and eye-protective
devices.