Society Hill, South Carolina Speed Traps

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Highway 52 N

Society Hill, South CarolinaJul 13, 20030 Comments

Wish I had read this page a couple of days ago. The diligent Captain of the Society Hill Police Department nabbed another dangerous outlaw from out of state (i.e., me) who thought he had made his get-away as he turned left onto 52 N, left the obvious residential area of town, and without thinking any crime was being committed, sped up to normal highway speed. Unbeknownst to him, he was still in a 35 mph zone! A simple $250 lesson: avoid this town. To the fine citizens of Society Hill who read this message, I appreciate your concerns about strangers speeding through your town and endangering your children and dogs and elderly citizens. However, you’ve got to realize that this situation is creating lots of bad PR, anger and ill will against you. No matter what you may think of the people who have posted here, it is clear to everyone that your city government is preying on strangers as a means of fattening its coffers. (That’s the best that can be said. Someone with a more suspicious nature might actually wonder where all this money ends up.) A couple of suggestions: Purchase a couple of bill-boards and post them at your city limits which state that Society Hill has a zero tolerance for speeders and aggressively patrols its streets. Also, have your policemen sit near the city limits south of town, in the wide open view of travelers, with their radar guns pointed south to catch the idiots that ignore them and drive dangerously. That way, the rest of us normal, for-the-most-part (I must admit this is my third speeding ticket in 36 years of driving) law abiding drivers will clearly get the message without spending our hard-earned dollars needlessly.

Highway 52 N leaving town

Society Hill, South CarolinaMay 12, 20030 Comments

I was returning from a trip to Santee Cooper lake> A friend and his wife were following me. As we left town, Highway 52 curved and started down a long hill. As soon as I rounded the curve and started down the hill, my radar detector went off and I saw the Police car with the blue lights already on. The officer was facing me as I came around the curve> She (female officer)shot out and almost hit my friend who was following me, forcing him off the road. He pulled over thinking she was after him. She passed him and pulled me. She came to up to me in my vehicle and said "Hon I got you going 49 in a 35 zone"> My response was that I did not think I was going that fast. I know I wasn’t because when my radar detector went off I looked at my speedometer> I was going about 38mph. When she had written the ticket and came back to my vehicle, she said "hon as I said I got you going 49 in a 35. The fine for 49 in a 35 is 150.00." She wrote it on the bottom of the ticket and highlited it with a highliter pen. She also said "there is a number on the bottom of the ticket> Call it if you don’t want it to appear on your driving record. A speed trap pure and simple. My friend was travelling right behind me and said there was no way we were going 49 mph. My advice to anyone is to steer clear of this cespool of a town and especially spend any money there.

Highway 52 North

Society Hill, South CarolinaAug 21, 20020 Comments

Returning home (NC) from my first trip to Myrtle Beach, north on Highway 52 after leaving Society Hill, nothing around just trees/shrubs but cop hiding. I was lost and looking for road signs…saw 45 mph but Never 35 mph, I was going 45 – honestly. Gave me a ticket for 15 miles over for $250, I called SC attorney and his office said, don’t worry, we get about 200 of these every Monday morning. They even knew the officer’s name. Paid attorny $250, got it dropped to 9 miles over and $150 fine. Said probably would not report to NC DMV. Cost me $400 -Ruined my trip.

Highway 52

Society Hill, South CarolinaAug 17, 20020 Comments

Heading home from summer vacation on Sunday afternoon, traveling north on Hwy 52 down a long steep hill going out of town. Not another car in sight, except for the officer parked behind the shrubs in a parking lot. I never bothered to slow down; the sign fifty feet ahead read 45 mph. I too, was informed the speed limit was 35 mph. I’m sure my Texas plates didn’t help my situation but I’m sure the $200 fine will help their’s.

Hwy 52

Society Hill, South CarolinaJul 08, 20020 Comments

As I came up over the hill, I noticed that the speed limit sign changed to 35 mph. As soon as I saw the sign, I hit the brakes, but it was too late. I tried to explain to the officer that I played football with Zach Thomas, but he didn’t care. He wrote me the ticket and threatened to take me to jail.

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