Georgia restricts radar/laser use on hills?

[sx4dude2013]

Supposedly, In the state of GA, speed enforcement is not allowed on hills with a 7% grade? Someone know the exact law?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqZ26O_h8fo

[category4]

That's true for all city, county and university police. Does not apply to the GSP.

[sx4dude2013]

That's true for all city, county and university police. Does not apply to the GSP.

ok...thats cat4. Also, I read that a speed enforcement vehicle MUST be visible from 500 feet away and be marked with blue lights on top of the vehicle? A slick top cannot do enforcement?

[category4]

That's true for all city, county and university police. Does not apply to the GSP.

ok...thats cat4. Also, I read that a speed enforcement vehicle MUST be visible from 500 feet away and be marked with blue lights on top of the vehicle? A slick top cannot do enforcement?

Here is a newsletter from the GA Traffic prosecutors office, it will explain a lot.

No they are not supposed to use them for traffic enforcement, but the courts will not invalidate a ticket if you get stopped by one because they just happened to see the violation.

http://www.pacga.org/downloads/newsl...me5_issue3.pdf

[sx4dude2013]

Great info. Thanks so much!!!

[neopostman]

I don't know of any hills in GA with a 7% grade!

[category4]

There are actually quite a few.

[srtga]

Is a 7 percent grade very steep?

[Cloud_9]

I believe the exact law you are referring to is held within O.C.G.A 40-14-9

40-14-9. Evidence obtained in certain areas inadmissible; use of device on hill

Evidence obtained by county or municipal law enforcement officers in using speed detection devices within 300 feet of a reduction of a speed limit inside an incorporated municipality or within 600 feet of a reduction of a speed limit outside an incorporated municipality or consolidated city-county government shall be inadmissible in the prosecution of a violation of any municipal ordinance, county ordinance, or state law regulating speed; nor shall such evidence be admissible in the prosecution of a violation as aforesaid when such violation has occurred within 30 days following a reduction of the speed limit in the area where the violation took place, except that this 30 day limitation shall not apply to a speeding violation within a highway work zone, as defined in Code Section 40-6-188, or in an area with variable speed limits, as defined in Code Section 40-6-182. No speed detection device shall be employed by county, municipal, or campus law enforcement officers on any portion of any highway which has a grade in excess of 7 percent.

I believe I'm comfortable in saying that most laws in that title are limited in scope to 'county, municipal, or campus law enforcement officers', (i.e. not the GSP), just to reiterate what cat4 said.

O.C.G.A

[category4]

Is a 7 percent grade very steep?

It would be less than 5 degrees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(slope)