Sufficient evidence to convict.

- Officer's testimony provided sufficient evidence to support the conviction for improper backing under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240(a) as the officer testified that the defendant backed 10 to 15 yards up a hill on a busy one-way street, and the defendant would have had difficulty seeing cars behind the defendant due to the crest of the hill. Jones v. State, 259 Ga. App. 506, 578 S.E.2d 165 (2003).

As predicate for investigatory stop.

- Sufficient circumstantial evidence was introduced to convict the defendant of being a felon in possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(c)(1)(A) because a pistol was found, along with drugs, inside the defendant's car alongside the driver's seat, after police stopped the car for improper backing, a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240(a). United States v. Hamilton, 299 Fed. Appx. 878 (11th Cir. 2008)(Unpublished).

Suppression motion based on reasonable suspicion of violation of O.C.G.A.

§ 40-6-240(a). - Denial of the defendant's suppression motion was upheld on appeal as: (1) the defendant's vehicle was not stopped by the investigating officer; (2) the defendant voluntarily pulled into a driveway and stopped; (3) the officer did not prevent the defendant's departure; and (4) the officer had a reasonable and objective basis to conclude that the defendant committed the traffic offense of improper backing in violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240(a). Collier v. State, 282 Ga. App. 605, 639 S.E.2d 405 (2006), cert. denied, No. S07C0542, 2007 Ga. LEXIS 217 (Ga. 2007).

Cited in Pfeiffer v. State, 173 Ga. App. 374, 326 S.E.2d 562 (1985); Roberson v. State, 230 Ga. App. 179, 495 S.E.2d 643 (1998); Holland v. State, 240 Ga. App. 169, 523 S.E.2d 33 (1999).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, § 229.

C.J.S.

- 60A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 695.

ALR.

- Duties and liabilities between owners or drivers of parked or parking vehicles, 25 A.L.R.2d 1224.

Liability for injury occasioned by backing of motor vehicle in public street or highway, 63 A.L.R.2d 5.

Liability for injury occasioned by backing of motor vehicle from private premises into public street or highway, 63 A.L.R.2d 108.

Liability for injury or damage occasioned by backing of motor vehicle within private premises, 63 A.L.R.2d 184.