Windshields and Windshield Wipers

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
4. Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles
5. Equipment Generally
6. Horns, Exhaust Systems, Mirrors, Windshields, Tires, Safety Belts, Energy Absorption Systems
7. Windshields and Windshield Wipers

1. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side windows, or rear windows of such vehicle which obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.
2. The windshield of every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture therefrom, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
3. Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.
4. No opaque or solid material including, but not limited to, cardboard, plastic, and taped glass shall be employed in lieu of a glass windshield or window.
5. No motor vehicle shall be operated with a windshield or rear window having a starburst or spider webbing effect greater than three inches by three inches.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 119; Code 1933, § 68E-404, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, §40-8-73, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 203, 317, 318. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 584, 768, 769, 871.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 18, 43 et seq. 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, §§ 623, 665, 676. 61 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 951. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1380.

ALR.

- Impairment of driver's view through windshield as affecting liability for automobile accident, 10 A.L.R. 299.

Motor vehicle operator's liability for accident occurring while driving with vision obscured by smoke or steam, 32 A.L.R.4th 933.

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