My experience with Uniontown AL speed trap sounds very similar to the other dozen or more stories I've read on this website. A few weeeks ago in May 2015 at about 8:30 a.m. I was driving west bound on US 80 just a few miles east of Uniontown, AL. The posted speed limit was 65, and had been 65 for many miles since I left Selma. I had my cruise control set on about 68. As I began to go up a hill just about a mile outside Uniontown I saw a sign ahead that the speed limit was reducing to 55. So I hit the "cancel" button on the cruise control and my car promptly began slowing down as it climbed the hill. When I crested the hill, just a few hundred yards ahead on the east-bound side of the road was a white car sitting on the grassy shoulder of the road. My car continued to slow, because my foot was not on the gas pedal. As I reached another speed limit sign noting that the speed limit was 45, I then noticed the white car I'd passed on the opposite side of the road shoulder did a 180 degree turn and headed west in my direction. I then saw that the car had blue lights in the grill flashing, so I pulled over when I reached a shoulder of the road where it was safe to do so. The officer approached my car and said he'd clocked me doing 69 in a 55 mph zone. I didn't think that was accurate, and didn't think I was speeding, but I could tell he'd rehearsed his routine and there was nothing to be gained by arguing. Several days fter I got back to my office in Dallas I began to investigate what I could about Uniontown, AL. I found that many people had reported similar experiences in entering Uniontown on US 80 west bound. I now wish that I'd asked the officer to allow me to look at the radar device whcih he claimed recorded me speeding. Since several reports on this site have stated that the officer told them he'd clocked them at 69 in a 55 zone I'm skeptical whether the radar device really works, or recorded that spped at the time I was stopped. Uniontown is a VERY poor town, with little property as a tax base and probably derives very little revenue from local taxes and fees. I suspect that 80% or more of the city revenues -- which pay the salaries of the police, the local court staff, and officials -- comes from traffic tickets -- and especially tickets written to motorists from out of state. This really should be investigated by the Alabama Attorney General, or a federal investigative agency. I might travel between Dallas and Montgomery frequently, but I'll never buy anything or spend one cent in Uniontown. I think it's hard to believe that the local city council members and other government officials don't know that this impropriety is going on. They can see the precentage of revenues from traffic tickets. Since the ticket revenue is probably most of the Uniontown GDP it appears the locals have little incentive to monitor and rein in the activities of the police.