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Failure to maintain lane GA means not keeping your vehicle entirely within a single lane or changing lanes without first ensuring it’s safe to do so. This traffic offense is defined under OCGA 40-6-48<\/a> (OCGA Failure to Maintain Lane).<\/p>\n

A common reason GA police pull you over for this traffic violation is when you briefly touch or cross lane lines. It’s often used as a reason to initiate traffic stops and begin a possible DUI investigation. A police officer must have a legal reason beyond general suspicion for detaining you and your vehicle.nvestigations. The officer might ask the driver to blow into a small device to check their blood alcohol level. If the officer suspects driver impairment, he or she will ask the driver to step out of the car and perform field sobriety tests. We highly recommend never taking these unscientific tests. Politely decline when an officer asks you to perform the horizontal gaze nystagmus (eye test), one-legged stand, or walk and turn.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement officers often associate this misdemeanor charge with DUI Per Se and DUI Less Safe, which means a lot of our clients were pulled over for improperly changing lanes, and this legal stop ultimately led to a DUI arrest.<\/p>\n

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Failure to maintain lane GA means not keeping your vehicle entirely within a single lane or changing lanes without first ensuring it’s safe to do so. This traffic offense is defined under OCGA 40-6-48 (OCGA Failure to Maintain Lane). A common reason GA police pull you over for this traffic violation is when you briefly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traffic-tickets"],"yoast_head":"\nTicket for Failure to Maintain Lane Georgia?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Failure to maintain lane GA means not keeping your vehicle entirely within a single lane or changing lanes without first ensuring it's safe to do so. 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