Legal Question in Traffic Law in Georgia

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The below article from the Macon Telegraph may be helpful in explaining things:

Macon Telegraph Posted on Tue, Apr. 02, 2002

Senate committee defeats movement to make off-road vehicles street legal By Andy PetersTelegraph Staff Writer

ATLANTA - Off-road and all-terrain vehicles won't be street legal on county roads in Georgia anytime soon. The Senate Transportation Committee on Monday defeated 5-4 a bill that would have permitted Georgia counties to decide whether to register so-called ORVs and ATVs, allowing them to be driven on county roads.

The state Department of Motor Vehicle Safety would then have issued tags to the counties that registered the vehicles. Opponents said the legislation would have led to more deaths and injuries, because the vehicles aren't designed to be operated on the same roads as regular cars and trucks. Opponents also said the vehicles contribute to pollution, disrupt wildlife and increase the chance of forest fires.

"They've got no place on the road," said Sen. Don Cheeks, D-Augusta, who voted against the bill. "They're the most dangerous thing I've ever seen."

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Ralph Twiggs, D-Hiawassee, said that by rejecting the bill, disabled and elderly people will be shut out of accessing north Georgia's mountains. He also said that hunters and anglers use the vehicles to access remote sites."There may be one or two people who break the law with these things, but not everyone who rides them," said Twiggs, who is chairman of the House Transportation Committee. "You don't want to outlaw these fishermen. "Twiggs' legislation also would have allowed people who use ORVs and ATVs for agricultural purposes to drive them on county roads.

Sen. Terrell Starr, D-Jonesboro and interim chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, said his office had been bombarded by citizens who were strenuously opposed to the bill. The bill passed the House by a wide margin, 141-16.