The driver of an ambulance on the public streets, highways, and private access roads of this state, when responding to an emergency call or while transporting a patient, is authorized to operate the ambulance as an emergency vehicle pursuant to Code Section 40-6-6.
(Code 1933, § 88-3109, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 625, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 304, § 4.)
Cross references.- Yielding of right of way to authorized emergency vehicles, § 40-6-74.
Duty of pedestrians to yield right of way to authorized vehicles, § 40-6-99.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 185, 224, 232. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 611, 716, 921 et seq. 40 Am. Jur. 2d, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, § 588 et seq.
C.J.S.- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 35, 52. 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 606 et seq., 652, 717, 870, 871, 880. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1646.