Georgia driving lesson · Losing Your Driving Privileges
Safety Responsibility Law and mandatory revocations
A 3-minute lesson from the Georgia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
If you're in a crash and don't pay for the damage, the Safety Responsibility Law can suspend your license. Georgia also revokes licenses for Habitual Violators, drivers who refuse a re-examination, and drivers found unsafe for medical reasons.
Know the rule
The law removes irresponsible drivers from Georgia highways and protects insured motorists from uninsured ones. If you fail to satisfy a crash damage claim and a claim is filed under this law, you'll get a suspension order.
Security may be a cashier's check, certified check, money order, real property bond or surety bond. It's held for one year, and then until you prove you haven't been sued over the crash.
You crash into another car while uninsured and don't pay the owner's claim. The owner files under the Safety Responsibility Law, and DDS orders your license suspended. A release signed by the owner, or posted security plus an SR-22A, can prevent it; you have 10 days to ask for a hearing.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Within how many days of receiving a Safety Responsibility suspension order must you request a hearing?
5 days
10 days
30 days
60 days
Answer: 10 days
You are entitled to a hearing if you request it within ten days of receiving the order of suspension.