Blackville, South Carolina Speed Traps
West of town on US78 before town is visible
Speed sign is in farmers field out of sight of town as you enter from the west on US 78. Bushes conveniently hide police car. One would not expect to find a 35 mph zone in a totally rural setting before you even know a town is there. It is not far after the Clemson Discovery center.
Highway 78 West
Going east into Blackville from Williston, the speed limit drops from 55 to 35. Police car often sits in a yard on the right waiting for speeder to pass by. Police car sits on edge of yard by a ditch and isn’t visible until you’re almost even with him. If you’re going west, you probably won’t even see him until you see the blue light. I think it’s ridiculous that a police car can hide on private property. If that isn’t illegal, it certainly should be.
Hwy 3 headed south into Blackville
Speed limit drops from 55 to 35, City cops sit on the right just past the 35 mph sign far enough off of the road that you do not notice them.
Dexter St. (US 78) and Hampton Ave. (2 lane with grassy median)
When headed westward through town on US 78, there is only one visible 35 MPH speed limit sign. When you exit the town and are within a wooded area, there is no speed limit sign, so assuming the SC law about unposted rural secondary roads’ speed limit is 45 will get you a fat ticket. Believe it or not, the wooded area is considered a 35 MPH zone, but you don’t see the sign unless you are coming from the west.
How prosecuting officer can say that where I was clocked was the location on the summons is beyond me. Hampton Street is a secondary street with a grassy median obviously in town. Got to show jurisdiction in court for appropriate venue, I guess?
This police department has been a pariah to Barnwell County for years. As people want to develop this portion of the so-called “Heritage Corridor,” this will never happen as long as these little “Carter Country” towns earn revenue from highway piracy.
When a town can no longer have a sufficient tax base to support a local government, then they resort to this each and every time. Until the SC General Assembly takes all funding from a Uniform Traffic Ticket into a state-controlled fund, this is going to be business as usual, as it is simply no more than “business” and not traffic enforcement.
Dexter St & Main St
Heading west from Charleston, in Blackville, ticket states between Dexter and Hampton on Hwy 78, going from 35 mph to 55 mph, accelerating to 55, top hill within few feet of 55 mph sign, tagged because exceeding 35mph and not having broken plane of 55mph sign. HP sitting where not visible even though 55mph sign visible.