bypass/the only one (Athens Highway)

Washington, Georgia•Mar 17, 2010•2 Comments

On the bypass (there is only one), there are several different speeds posted by signs. Drivers pass in and out of the city limits of beautiful, historic Washington, Ga and the speed limit changes from 55 to 45. As you go down a hill, coming back up is a tractor-trailer sales business and drivers approach a curve. In the curve, the speed is posted " 45". The signs are small, yellow and not like the larger white speed signs. Cops hide behind the tractor-trailer business and catch people going through the curve. I was hit twice in 3months, the first I deserved. The second one, I looked at my speedometer as I approaced the same location, saw that I was going 61 and reduced speed. The cop pulled me over and charged me with 71 in a 45. It really is too bad because this little town has put its whole economy into its Southern ambiance, complete with little shops and restaurants. Not only will I not stop…I will take the other route and stay away from this speed trap.

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I had a similar thing happen to me today. I was on 78 driving towards Athens. I come around a curve, the City of Washington Police turned on the blue light. My speedometer said I was going 50. My GPS said I was going 51. The speed limit was 45. Well, I was speeding. But the officier said I was going 61. That was not true. He said that I was going 61 when I came around the curve, but he would do me a favor and write the ticket for 60. I'm not sure if the police do not know how to use the radar or something larger is going on.
#1•Oct 23, 2010•Report Abuse
I have been pulled over on two different occasions in this same stretch. In my case 1) I was speeding and by a good bit, 2) It was the Ga State Patrol that pulled me over and 3) they were nice enough to write it as 69 in a 55. The payment did go to the City of Washington though. Now I watch my speed in the stretch from where 78 splits off of 17 going toward Athens to a little ways past the tractor dealership.
#2•Jun 14, 2012•Report Abuse

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