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Use Headlights Properly • Do not drive if you are tired. More fre qu ent
lllJ· Georgia has a "primary" safety belt
Use high-beam headlights only when driv­ stops, more fresh air, lively radio programs
law, meaning that officers may stop and cite
ing in rural areas and when other cars are not and other measures can help you to avoid
nearby. You must use your headlights between drowsiness and inattention; violators without observg another violation.
one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour be­
• Watch carefully for highway signs; they are
fore sunrise; at any time when it is raining; or Safety Restraints for Children
harder to see at night;
when visibility is limited.
You should dim (lower) your headlights • Watch carefully for pedestrians and for ve­ Every driver transporting a child who is
when: hicles stopped along the edge of the road; under eight years of age, except in a taxi.cab
or public transit vehicle, must properly re-­
• You are within 500 feet of an approaching • Do not stop on the roadway. strain the child in a child passenger restrain­
vehicle so as not to blind the driver;
ing system appropriate for the child's height
• You are following closely (within 200 feet) Safety Belts and weight. The restraint system must com­
behid another vehicle; ply with the United States Department of
Georgia law states that each occupant in the Transportation Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
• You are driving on lighted roads;
front seat of a passenger vehicle traveling on Standard 213. Under limited circumstances,
• You are driving in rain, fo snow, or smoke; Georgia roads and highways must be secured a child under eight may be exempt from this
g,
by a seat safety belt (lap and shoulder). All oc­ requiement. For furter information, contact
• Your vision is reduced to less than 200 feet.
cupants of any passenger vehicle must utilize the Governor's Office of Highway Safety
Night Driving a seat safety belt if they are under the age of 18. http://www.gahighwaysafety.org.
Safety belts are needed because they are the
Because of decreased vision at night and the
most effective occupant protection in all types of Distracted Driving
glare of oncoming headlights, night driving
vehicle crashes. According to Crash Stats from
presents its own unique chalenges. Unfamar
the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin­ Distracted driving is one of the fastest growing
roads and unexpeed situations are more like­ issues. According to the
istration, seat belts saved 12,802 lives in 2014. safety
ly to cause hazardous driving conditions. You ational Highway Traffic Safety Admintration
Georgia Department of Transportation reports
can help ensue safe driving in several ways. (NHTSA), 3,142 people were killed on U.S.
that the risk of fatality in a crash is reduced
• Make sure your headlights are working by about 45% when scat belts arc used. U ing roadways in 2019 because of distracted drivers.
Distracted driving is doing another activity while
properly and the lenses are k t clean. Pe­ safety belts correctly is a preventable health
ep driving. This takes the driver's attention away
riodically have them checked for correct care habit that: from the prima task of driving and
aim/alignment; increases the risk of crashing. Common
• helps you k control of the vehicle;
eep distractions include but are not limited to
• Don't "overdrive" your headlights. When
• helps k eep your head from strikg the dash talking on a cell phone, textin g, readin g,
traveling at night or in other situations eatin groomin using a navi-gation device, and
or windshield;
g,
g,
that make the use of headlights necessary adjusting the stereo system. The presence of
for safe travel, do not drive at a speed that • helps keep people in the vehicle from hitting a passengers and pets can also increase crash
requires a stopping time greater than the each other; risk. Georgia law requi driv-ers to exercise due
distance illuminated by your headlights; care in operating a motor vehicle and prohibits
• helps spread the crash force across the stron­ any action that distracts the driver from the
• Slow down when oncoming traffic is ap­ ger parts of the body; safe operation of such vehicle.
proaching or when you are nearing a curve;
• helps protect you from injury;
• If visibility is greatly reduced, use the edge Following Emergency Vehicles
keep you from being ejected from the
• hel ps The driver of any vehicle, other than one on
line as a guide to maintainig your lane of
vehicle. official business, must not follow any fire fighting
travel. If there is no edge line, use the center
apparatus traveling in response to a fire alar or
line to guide yours; When used correctl safety belts are effective
y, other emergency vehicles, closer than 200 feet, or
at helping reduce the risk of death or serious
• K eep your windshield clean; park any vehicle within 500 feet of any fire
apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm
GEORGIA'S UI IER CONTROi. LAW
Each year, municipal, county and state government agencies spend Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, or dropped from any motor
thousands of dollars to clean up litter from the streets and highways vehicle, the operator of the vehicle shall have violated the Litter
of Georgi.a Individuals who litter cause harm to the beauty of the state Control Law. All Georgi.a law enforcement agencies are authorized to
and impact the health,. welfare and safety of others. enforce compliance of the Litter Control Law.
It is unlawful to dump, d epos it, throw or leave litter on any Georgia's Litter Control Law classifies littering as damage to proper.
public or private proper in the State of Georgia, or any waters in the A conviction under this law is considered a misdemeanor in Georgia.
State of Georgia. Persons convicted of this law may be assessed a fine up to $1000
and a 12 month jail term. In addition, if convicted of littering, a judge
• "Litter'' means all sand, gravel, slag, brick bats, rubbish, waste
could order the convicted person to pi.ck up and remove litter from
material, tin cans, refuse, garbage, trash, dead anim or
any designated area.
discded materia of every kind and description; LITTER. b
• "Public or private property" means the right-of-way of any road
or highway, any body of water or watercour of the shores or
beaches thereof, any park, playground, building refuge . � . ' ' . '
or conseation or recreation area and residential or farm l -i_: _, - __ , .. ,_. �·
properties, timberlands or forest.
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