I wasn’t surprised to find out this was a speed trap when I searched for how to pay my ticket. I was going with the flow of traffic in the left lane at about 80 mph, I saw a cop ahead on the left shoulder, slowed down to 75 and moved over a lane. Immediately, he got in his car, sped up and got behind me. He charged me with going 85 in a 70. If it had even been 84 I would have had a lesser fine so I’m sure that was on purpose. All of the cars around me were going the same speed, but I think he singled me out because I had VA tags. I had never gotten pulled over before but that didn’t seem to matter to him; he was very rude and didn’t seem to have any sympathy for me fumbling to get my license and registration out when I was nearly having a panic attack.
I looked ahead and there was another cop who had pulled someone over about 500 ft in front of me on the left – I imagine they went through the same thing I did, since no one was speeding above the flow of traffic. Also, if anyone was actually going 70, they’d get rear ended in a second. I’m absolutely avoiding this place the next time I drive through here, since the only other option is to risk getting flattened going 70 so I don’t get another ticket.