Not anymore, Haven't seen a lot of HP activity there since the early 2000s.
OT. Where are the speed traps in SC?
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I was about to say the exact same thing. The HP is a ghost force compared to what it was.
Waldo, Fl.!!!! Been there, done that, will NEVER go back intentionally!!...
In 2012, Waldo was ranked #3 in a National Motorists Associationlisting of its "Worst Speed Trap Cities" in North America (with a population of less than 50,000).[7] As of 2 September 2014, the Florida Department of Law Enforcementwas conducting an investigation of Waldo's ticketing following allegations of ticketing quotas, with two police chiefs having been suspended.[8] As of October 1, 2014 the town's police force has been disbanded.[9] The city council vote was 4-1.[10]
In August 2018, the DMV officially lifted the designation of "Speed Trap" for the town of Waldo.
The city currently uses Alachua County Sheriff's Department as their assigned police force.
Also from the NMA...
South Carolina
Greenville (Worst Overall)
Greenville (Worst under 100k)
The Worst Speed Trap Cities In North America
Just thought I'd post the above. I wish, and perhaps they do, but I certainly wish they'd have an individual and thorough "per state" listing of such!
peace'n out!!
(Edited...) More From Here...
The Worst Speed Traps in Every State - Thrillist
17. South Carolina
Worst speed-trap city: Greenville
Most notorious speed trap: SC 151, through McBee
Total speed traps per 100,000 residents: 24.2
There are just over 20 miles separating Greenville and Spartanburg, SC's second-worst trap city, and both are well over double the state's per-capita average. In between the two cities is nothing but an airport, and BMW's North American factory. I'm sure that's purely a coincidence though.
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Ridgeville, 43 mph only ticket I've paid since got my license in 1953. Have you ever heard this? In 1953 I was a runt my license was restricted to me having a cushion. Would like to know anyone one else, driver license instructor I ask didn't know about it. Guess not being a little ole lady I had to look over the steering wheel.
Hampton, Fl. (just above Waldo on 301) was even worse for awhile. Their predatory ticketing made the NYT. Although the town lies east of US 301, they annexed a few hundred yards of 301 to facilitate catching speeders. I think the Florida Attorney General has recently put them out of business. That whole belt down there, from Lawtey down through Waldo, was notorious for predatory ticketing.
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Speaking of evil little towns, as a local,Murrells Inlet is we’ll know for DUI check points on Murrells Inlet Road& Macklin Drive...Just off Resturant Row!!!!!
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The state made them take down the machine that registered your speed and took a picture of your license plate and sent you a ticket by mail. They were nailing a bunch of people with that one. But the Ridgeland police still sit in the crossovers, though doesn't seem to be quite as much as they used to.
West Pelzer (hwy 8). Speed limit of 35 but don’t go .0001 over.
Unmarked Black Charger will getcha.
Unmarked Black Charger will getcha.
Download the Waze app on your phone and when it takes you a way you might not normally go TRUST it.
I’m a professional speeder and traveler. Waze has been my copilot for almost 4 years now.
I’m a professional speeder and traveler. Waze has been my copilot for almost 4 years now.
You’re right. Duncan will put their city officers on I-85 to make traffic stops. SCHP should be the agency writing speeding tickets out there. Duncan city PD should serve and protect in the city proper. There is no benefit for Duncan residents having their officers patrolling the interstate.
I think the SC Supreme Court ruled that cities could no longer offer 0 points in lieu of a higher fine. The state gets no revenue from fines like that.
Not in SC but Ludowici, GA. We always passed through there on the way to my Grandparents in Waycross, GA. Heard lots of stories as a child.
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1023-the-ludowici-trap
https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1023-the-ludowici-trap
Right outside of Swansea on the way to North. I got a ticket for going 4 miles over the speed limit.
They were running one this afternoon on 126 at the zoo exit. Had about 5-6 cars chasing with radar on both sides
Fun Turbeville story. Circa 1992, driving east through Turbeville, I knew to go slow, on a two lane hwy I passed an elderly woman who was going like 20 in a 45. Driving towards me in the other direction was a local police car. I thought, this is quite awkward. Looking in my rear view, another car passed the same woman, and was uncomfortably close to the oncoming officer. I then thought, that guy's in trouble. About five minutes later, the officer pulled me over cursing. "You and your buddies behind you are being reckless!" Along with a few curse words I can't remember now. I tried to explain I really didn't know them, it didn't matter. I was ticketed for improper passing, supposedly across a solid line. About six months later at jury trial, my request, the officer told his version of the story, that I had improperly passed crossing a solid line. He also had an eye witness, someone working at the nearby maintenance shed, who claimed to see it happen. I had a chance to question them. I asked them both the same question, "was there anyone else involved?" They both said, "no, just you and the car you passed " I then gave my version, noting I hadn't crossed a solid line, and asking the officer to review his ticket book that day so he would see he wrote a ticket to me and another young person at the same time. When the jury said they believed me, he said "dammit" clearly in the courtroom. That was very satisfying, great memory. No hard feelings or disrespect to the fine men and women wearing blue. Their service is truly appreciated.
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Yeah, my wife and I were in Ocho Rios during a cruise. To me Ocho Rios was as pretty as Hawaii but the Jamaicans were so obnoxious it was difficult to enjoy the area.
Been up those falls and it's beautiful. And I said basically the same thing about the Marketeers in another post. I had not read the entire thread before I posted.
Good for him. I got stopped there. Wasn’t paying attention, so I asked the cop where he was hiding. Barney Fife wouldn’t tell me, it was like top secret. After he let me go, I rode back through just so I could see where the weasel was sitting.
Yes, you have to go through that F:LEA market to get to the falls..
Funny, I walkd in some dude gave me a "Necklace"... LOL, he was marking me apparently.. As we were leaving others left us alone, He found us.. I still didnt buy anything form him.. I did get some Cuban Cigars at teh resort, that is abou all i bought down there, well, amybe a couple T-shirts.
There use to be a billboard on 301 about 5 miles before entering Lawtey and Waldo that said WARNING: SPEED TRAP AHEAD. As many times as I drove through there, I never was stopped but saw plenty motorist that were.
I was ticketed in Newberry on 26 many years ago and had to pay my fine at a liquor store in Prosperity .
I’m sure that was legit
I’m sure that was legit
Ludowici's nuts. I had occasion to be in court there once about 15 years ago and heard a police officer say on the stand that LPD had an unwritten rule not to cite locals for traffic offenses -- just out of county plates.
Sadly, the current Ludowici police chief was killed not too long ago for being outside his car at a convenience store trying to stop traffic while some idiot was running from cops.
Also killed was a retired soldier who happened to be in the wrong time.
https://www.wjcl.com/article/breaking-two-people-dead-after-police-chase-in-long-county/23244025
Southbound too. It seems they like to work the northbound in the morning and southbound in the evening.
The small white cinderblock one across from Hamm's Ace Hardware?I was ticketed in Newberry on 26 many years ago and had to pay my fine at a liquor store in Prosperity .
I’m sure that was legit
