Is Driving in Gutters Legal in Georgia

My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: GA

I'm asking because my car was totaled by a guy who drove into the gutter to avoid stopping behind another car that had stopped to allow me to turn left.

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Quoting charles2

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My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: GA

I'm asking because my car was totaled by a guy who drove into the gutter to avoid stopping behind another car that had stopped to allow me to turn left.

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Your question should be "is the gutter part of a 'roadway' and are you required to yield the right of way to a vehicle driving in the gutter?"

My answer: I would need to see the gutter to answer the question...

What is your insurance saying about all of this?

Perhaps you can post a link to the Google maps location where this occurred.

It's a combination curb-and-gutter. Location is https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...ed=0CAkQ8gEwAA

I don't see how the accident would have occurred as described at that location. If you were turning left into the driveway where you placed the dart, toward the Lowes store, it does not appear that such a turn would have been proper. It does not appear that a left turn is permitted until the intersection.

You are correct. The picture is showing the general area, not the specific address I typed in. I don't know how to get it to display correctly.

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Quoting charles2

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It's a combination curb-and-gutter. Location is https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...ed=0CAkQ8gEwAA

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Sorry, I am not seeing a "gutter"... At least not one that a driver is prohibited from driving in.... And certainly not one that you would not have to yield to a vehicle that is driving "in the gutter".

When you are required to yield to oncoming traffic as part of your responsibility when making a left turn, that includes ALL traffic approaching from that direction. If one vehicle stopped to allow you to turn, you still are responsible for yielding to any others that may come around it!

Yes, but what if "others that may come around it" do so by driving in the gutter. That's my question. Is the gutter a legitimate lane of travel?

Yes, in the area you showed, there are no lane edge markers outlining the edge of a travel lane. Therefore anything up to the grass is fair game.

How about describing the exact location of the accident "I was driving west, and was turning left from [street] into the driveway for [business]". Or go to street view and get the URL for the street view of the driveway.