Traveling north on I 95 and I was doing between 75-78 MPH as was most of the other traffic around me. I saw the flashing lights ahead but could not tell what lane they were in so I moved to the right and maintained my speed or slowed a bit. I saw a black pick-up on the right side of the road and as I approached I saw a guy in a black polo shirt and black pants point angrily at me and point to the side of the road. I was shocked that he would be indicating that I pull over. I looked down at that time and my speed was 73MPH. I saw the markings on the pick-up were County Sheriff. I found a safe place to pull over. There were four other cars pulled over in the same area. The deputy approached my car on the passenger side and said that he had me doing 85MPH. I responded with an adamant “NO”! I had been traveling for 3 hours at that point and at no time did I exceed 80MPH. If I saw 78 on the LED screen indicator I backed it down to 75MPH and had many people passing me the whole time.

The deputy asked me how fast I was going and I responded that when I looked it was 73MPH. He snorted and took my license. When he returned, I asked him where he clocked me doing 85MPH because I knew that I was not going any where near that speed. He said “So, we are out here just making stuff up?” I said, “I do not know what you are doing but I know that I was not driving over 80MPH let alone 85MPH.” He then told me to call a number on the back of my ticket to find out what my fine was and told me to sign the ticket. He said it was not an admission of guilt but just indicated that I acknowledged receiving the ticket. My wife was in the passenger seat and witnessed this entire conversation.

Over a week later, I called the McIntosh County clerk. I was told that by signing the ticket with the box checked license in lieu of arrest that I had admitted my guilt so I could not challenge the ticket in court. How convenient! Either the clerk lied or the deputy lied. Also 85MPH conveniently bumps you up to a pretty hefty fine as opposed to the less than 10 mph over that I was actually doing.

This is not only a speed trap but the people running it are not trustworthy. The next time I drive through McIntosh County on I95 I will have my Go-Pro recording and it will show the LED screen with my actual MPH. If it happens again, I will have my day in court.

Yes, I had out of state plates which seems to be a common theme with the outrageous inflation of speed charged on the tickets.