Classification as Super Speeder; Fees

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  1. As used in this Code section, the term "department" means the Department of Driver Services.
  2. In addition to any other fines or penalties imposed by any local jurisdiction or the department, the department shall administer and collect a fee of $200.00 from any driver who is convicted of driving at a speed of 85 miles per hour or more on any road or highway or 75 miles per hour or more on any two-lane road or highway, as defined in Code Section 40-6-187. Such a driver, upon conviction, shall be classified as a "super speeder."
  3. The department shall notify offenders of the imposition of a fee under this Code section within 30 days after receipt of a qualifying ticket and notice of conviction. Failure to pay the fee imposed by this Code section within 90 days after receipt of the notice shall result in the suspension of the driver's license or driving privileges of the offender, and, in addition to the existing fees and penalties, a fee of $50.00 shall be assessed, payable upon the application for reinstatement of the driver's license or driving privileges. Notice shall be provided by the department to the offender by first-class mail to the address shown on the records of the department. Such mailed notice shall be adequate notification of the fee imposed by this Code section and of the offender's ability to avoid a driver's license suspension by paying the fee prior to the effective date of the suspension. No other notice shall be required to make the driver's license suspension effective.
  4. The department shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Code section.
  5. All fees collected under the provisions of this Code section shall be deposited in the general fund of this state with the intent that these moneys be used to fund a trauma care system in Georgia and the direct and indirect costs associated with the administration of this Code section. The Office of the State Treasurer shall separately account for all of the moneys received under the provisions of this Code section.

(Code 1981, §40-6-189, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 679, § 11/HB 160.)

Cross references.

- Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission, T. 31, C. 11, A. 5.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, "the State Treasurer" was substituted for "Treasury and Fiscal Services" in the second sentence of subsection (e).

ARTICLE 10 STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Article's purpose.

- The legislature, in making it a crime to park in specified areas or fashions by the road, enacted the law for the benefit of all persons who might meet or follow the parked vehicle, and the law's purpose was to avoid collisions by persons coming from behind the parked vehicle and those meeting the parked vehicle. O'Pry v. Goodman, 132 Ga. App. 191, 207 S.E.2d 674 (1974).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Feasibility of Stopping or Parking Vehicle off Roadway, 26 POF2d 575.

ALR.

- Lunch wagons in street, 4 A.L.R. 346.

Applicability of motor vehicle regulations to public officials or employees, 19 A.L.R. 459; 23 A.L.R. 418.

Validity of ordinance which denies to automobiles while used for hire the parking privileges extended to automobiles generally, 22 A.L.R. 113.

Right of abutting owner to control cab stands or parking in street, 33 A.L.R. 355.

Reciprocal duties of drivers of automobiles or other vehicles proceeding in the same direction, 62 A.L.R. 970; 104 A.L.R. 485.

Municipal establishment or operation of off-street public parking facilities, 8 A.L.R.2d 373.

When is motor vehicle "disabled" or the like within exception to statute regulating parking or stopping, 15 A.L.R.2d 909.

Inference or presumption that owner of motor vehicle was its driver at time of traffic, driving, or parking offense, 49 A.L.R.2d 456.

Liability of owner or driver of double-parked motor vehicle for ensuing injury, death, or damage, 82 A.L.R.2d 726.

PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS


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