Gainesville, Georgia Speed Traps

Southbound on the 2-lane road just prior to where it becomes 4-lane at Friendship Road, there’s a cement plant. The limit is 55 before/after that point, but it’s 35 for about 300 yards. Got nailed at 2:30 AM with not another vehicle in sight. Didn’t even notice the sudden change from 55 to 35. Interesting enough, I was coming from a rather wild party, but the officer didn’t even attempt to get close enough to check my breath (I was actually fully sober, but quite tired); my wife/passenger was loaded and wreaked of liquor (a drink got spilled on her during the party). So it was obvious this was no "safety" stop, just a quick harrassment for cash. He grabbed my docs and rushed away to write it out. At court there were at least 5 other victims I spoke to who got nailed by the same trap! Fighting it, of course! (Is it possible to subpeona a log of tix given out by that officer or others at that location?)

Gainesville PD and Hall County S.O. routinely patrol and place traps near the Dawsonville Highway bridge. Expect them any time of the day. Especially be careful of the truck turnaround (right before the bridge coming from Gainesville) and the areas just before and after the bridge.