GA 40-1-1 - GA 40-1-1

Vehicle . Classification of a "vehicle" depends upon the object's use, rather than upon the method by which the owner is compensated for the use, or the ownership of the vehicle. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 484. Both a truck and a trailer are included in the use of the word "vehicle." 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 188. "Log grapple loader" operated on public highway. - "Log grapple loader" is a truck body with a log loading machine mounted on its back, and the only time that it is used on a highway is in transporting it from one forest to another; if such a "vehicle" is to be operated on the public highways, it must be registered, licensed, and inspected in accordance with the motor vehicle laws. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U73-82. Operation of construction equipment by habitual violator. - Driver decl...