2025 Georgia Codes – Page 277

(a) The Department of Transportation may install gates, signs, or barriers, or any combination thereof, to
restrict access to managed lanes.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any barrier or closed or moving gate of a
managed lane.
(c) No vehicle shall enter or exit a managed lane at any point other than designated entry or exit points unless
directed by authorized emergency personnel.

(a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except
as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing
such movement;
(2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway, provided
that any person so doing shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon
the unobstructed portion of the highway within such a distance as to constitute an immediate hazard;
(3) Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon; or
(4) Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic.
(b) Upon all roadways, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place
and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, or
as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing
another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a
private road or driveway.
(c) Upon any roadway having four or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for two-way movement of
traffic, no vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway except when authorized by official
traffic-control devices designating certain lanes to the left of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not
otherwise permitted to use such lanes or except as permitted under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this
Code section. However, this subsection shall not be construed as prohibiting the crossing of the center of the
roadway in making a left turn into or from an alley, private road, or driveway.
(d) No two vehicles shall impede the normal flow of traffic by traveling side by side at the same time while
in adjacent lanes, provided that this Code section shall not be construed to prevent vehicles traveling side by
side in adjacent lanes because of congested traffic conditions.