Hartsville, South Carolina Speed Traps

The whole town of hartsville is now as speed trap. Have seen troopers and city cops patroling heavily. Carolina Ave. west of town speed limit has been reduced to 40 coming into town is still 45. Saw four people pulled there Monday.

Cops will park on the left hand side of Kelleytown Road (leaving Hartsville). They issue tickets for people exiting Carolina Avenue onto Kelleytown Road. The speed limit is 45 on Kelleytown Road. The interesting point of this road is the city limits runs down the middle of the road. Entering Hartsville is in the county (up to the point of the intersection of Carolina and Kelleytown Road). Leaving Hartsville is in the city limits. They park on private property (at the edge of the trees) in the county to set up radar.

This is 4 lane highway in Hartsville. Thee city limits starts at a street called Dunlap Drive and stopped at the Hartsville Middle School. The speed limit in this area is 45mph. Officers sit off the roadway in a field beside the hospital. This police department also has an unmarked blue 2006 Ford Mustang.

Trap starts and ends at the intersections where SC 151 buisness and bypass split and come back together. Speed limit is 45 mph on this four lane semi-divided highway. Traffic is usually light.

On State Highway 151 near Hartsville, the speed limit has been dropped to 45 and 35 in some areas, although it used to be 55 except for one small stretch. Cops are now enforcing the area more tightly.