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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Chapter 14. USE OF SPEED DETECTION AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICES |
| Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Article 2. SPEED DETECTION DEVICES |
| Article 3. TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICES |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 40 Chapter 14 NOTE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Speed detection devices, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Department of Public Safety, Chapter 570-7.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
RECORD KEEPING. --Records of Department of Public Safety kept to be used in speeding cases in which radar speed determinations were to be introduced in evidence were records made in the regular course of business within the meaning of former O.C.G.A. § 24-3-14 (see now O.C.G.A. § 24-8-803). Wiggins v. State, 249 Ga. 302, 290 S.E.2d 427 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. --Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) is intended to apply to the law enforcement officers of counties and municipalities. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) places no restrictions on the use of Vascar and radar by the Department of Public Safety. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) does not cover any operation of timing devices by the Department of Public Safety, but rather is limited to governing the manner in which county and municipal law enforcement officers may employ radar and Vascar. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Presumption and burden of proof of accuracy of scientific and mechanical instruments for measuring speed, temperature, time, and the like, 21 ALR2d 1200.
Automobiles: speeding prosecution based on observation from aircraft, 27 ALR3d 1446.
Possession or operation of device for detecting or avoiding traffic radar as criminal offense, 17 ALR4th 1334.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
RECORD KEEPING. --Records of Department of Public Safety kept to be used in speeding cases in which radar speed determinations were to be introduced in evidence were records made in the regular course of business within the meaning of former O.C.G.A. § 24-3-14 (see now O.C.G.A. § 24-8-803). Wiggins v. State, 249 Ga. 302, 290 S.E.2d 427 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. --Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) is intended to apply to the law enforcement officers of counties and municipalities. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) places no restrictions on the use of Vascar and radar by the Department of Public Safety. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
Ga. L. 1968, p. 425 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 40) does not cover any operation of timing devices by the Department of Public Safety, but rather is limited to governing the manner in which county and municipal law enforcement officers may employ radar and Vascar. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-10.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Presumption and burden of proof of accuracy of scientific and mechanical instruments for measuring speed, temperature, time, and the like, 21 ALR2d 1200.
Automobiles: speeding prosecution based on observation from aircraft, 27 ALR3d 1446.
Possession or operation of device for detecting or avoiding traffic radar as criminal offense, 17 ALR4th 1334.