GA 40-14-9 - GA 40-14-9

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Proof device not used on hill required. - Given the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 40-14-9 , proof that a speed detection device was not employed on a portion of a highway having a grade in excess of seven percent is a condition imposed by the law for the results of the radar test to be admissible. Carver v. State, 208 Ga. App. 405 , 430 S.E.2d 790 (1993). Claim that grade exceeded seven percent not proven. - When a defendant was convicted of speeding after the defendant was stopped by an officer using a speed detection device and claimed that the angle of the street in the area where the defendant was arrested showed greater than a seven percent grade, the defendant did not show that this method of measuring the street's grade was an acceptable method, the officer's unreb...