CODE OF GEORGIA

                      TITLE 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

                      CHAPTER 6.  UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD

               ARTICLE 13. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES

                               PART 2. MOTORCYCLES

        

          Current through the End of 1996 Session of the General Assembly



 40-6-315  Headgear and eye-protective devices for riders.



   (a) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless he is wearing

 protective headgear which complies with standards established by the Board of

 Public Safety.

   (b) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle if the motorcycle is

 not equipped with a windshield unless he is wearing an eye-protective device of

 a type approved by the Board of Public Safety.

   (c) This Code section shall not apply to persons riding within an enclosed

 cab or motorized cart.  This Code section shall not apply to a person operating

 a three-wheeled motorcycle used only for agricultural purposes.

   (d) The Board of Public Safety is authorized to approve or disapprove

 protective headgear and eye-protective devices required in this Code section

 and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications

 for the approval thereof.  The Board of Public Safety shall publish lists of

 all protective headgear and eye-protective devices by name and type which have

 been approved by it.



 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 732, s 3; Code 1933, s 68A-1306, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p.

 633, s 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1329, s 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, s 5.)

                       NOTES, REFERENCES, AND ANNOTATIONS



                               JUDICIAL DECISIONS



   Constitutionality. -- This Code section is a valid exercise of police power.

 Ritter v. State, 258 Ga. 551, 372 S.E.2d 230 (1988).



                               RESEARCH REFERENCES



   Am. Jur. 2d. -- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, ss 210, 629.



   ALR. -- Validity of traffic regulations requiring motorcyclist to wear

 protective headgear, 32 ALR3d 1270.

   Motorcyclist's failure to wear helmet or other protective equipment as

 affecting recovery for personal injury or death, 85 ALR4th 365.



 Code, 40-6-315

 GA ST 40-6-315