Georgia Motor
Vehicle Law - Title
40 Definitions
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Definition - Bus (7) - Answer: Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and
used for the transportation of persons and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
for the transportation of persons for compensation.
Definition - Commercial Motor Vehicle (8.3) - Answer: Any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used
on a highway in intrastate and interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the
vehicle:
Elements:
A) Has a gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, or gross
combination weight of 10,001 or more.
B) Is designed or used to transport more than eight passengers, including the driver, for compensation.
C) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to
transport passengers for compensation; or
D) Is used to transport hazardous material - Answer: What are the elements of Commercial Motor
Vehicle?
Definition - Controlled Access Highway (9) - Answer: Every highway, street, or roadway in respect to
which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from
the same expect only at such points and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority
having jurisdiction over such highway, street, or roadway.
Definition - Crosswalk (10) - Answer: A) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the
curbs or in the absences of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or
B) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing
by lines or other markings on the surface
Definition - Highway (19) - Answer: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Definition - Street (63) - Answer: The entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Vehicle Law - Title
40 Definitions
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Definition - Bus (7) - Answer: Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and
used for the transportation of persons and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
for the transportation of persons for compensation.
Definition - Commercial Motor Vehicle (8.3) - Answer: Any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used
on a highway in intrastate and interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the
vehicle:
Elements:
A) Has a gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, or gross
combination weight of 10,001 or more.
B) Is designed or used to transport more than eight passengers, including the driver, for compensation.
C) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to
transport passengers for compensation; or
D) Is used to transport hazardous material - Answer: What are the elements of Commercial Motor
Vehicle?
Definition - Controlled Access Highway (9) - Answer: Every highway, street, or roadway in respect to
which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from
the same expect only at such points and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority
having jurisdiction over such highway, street, or roadway.
Definition - Crosswalk (10) - Answer: A) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the
curbs or in the absences of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or
B) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing
by lines or other markings on the surface
Definition - Highway (19) - Answer: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Definition - Street (63) - Answer: The entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
