Except as provided for in Code Section 40-14-18, no stationary speed detection device shall be employed by county, municipal, college, or university law enforcement officers where the vehicle from which the device is operated is obstructed from the view of approaching motorists or is otherwise not visible for a distance of at least 500 feet.
History. Ga. L. 1968, p. 425, § 7; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1968, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 586, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2785, § 30; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1057, § 6/HB 978.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted “Except as provided for in Code Section 40-14-18, no” for “No” at the beginning of this Code section.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 14 - Use of Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras
Article 2 - Speed Detection Devices
§ 40-14-1.2. Agent Not Private Investigator or Subject to Certain Laws
§ 40-14-3. Application for Permit; Use of Device While Application Pending
§ 40-14-4. Compliance With Rules of Federal Communications Commission; Certification of Devices
§ 40-14-6. Warning Signs Required; Signage Requirements
§ 40-14-7. Visibility of Vehicle From Which Device Is Operated
§ 40-14-8. When Case May Be Made and Conviction Had
§ 40-14-9. Certain Evidence Inadmissible; Use of Device on Hill
§ 40-14-10. Unlawful Use of Devices Generally
§ 40-14-12. Administrative Hearing Upon Permit Suspension or Revocation
§ 40-14-13. Administrative and Judicial Appeal of Decision Suspending or Revoking Permit
§ 40-14-14. Petition for Reconsideration Following Permit Suspension or Revocation
§ 40-14-15. Rehearing or Restoration of Permit at Direction of Governor
§ 40-14-17. Laser Devices; Reliability and Admissibility of Evidence