SC State Route 321
This is the worst speed trap I’ve seen in my 54 years of driving. Speed drops from 55 mph to 45 mph to 30 mph in about 500 feet. Olar is a small township of just over 200 people, and town has this one blinking light. I was following two pick-up trucks and we all went from 55 to 45, to near 30 mph. As we started to pick up speed at the 45 mph sign, a police car pulled behind me and turned on his lights. I looked down at my speed and I was at 40 mph at the 45 mph sign. I couldn’t believe he was pulling me over. He said I was going 43 mph. but he was not going to give me a ticket as it would cost me 4 points, but the the township has a special citation for “thoughtless operation of a vehicle” I said thank you and thought it was a warning with no charges. When he handed it to me he had written $250 on the bottom. I said you’ve got to be kidding. He said O.K. I’ll give you one for $500. He said he was doing me a favor and that I needed to mail the payment back to Olar, Township or come back to court. I have told less than 10 people and 2 of them said they had also gotten tickets in this area. If this 300 pound policeman gives out 1 ticket per hour x $250, that is $2,000 per day. This is $730,000 per year. ($2,000 x 52 weeks = $730,000). What does a township of 200 people do with all this money??????????? I drive from Hilton Head to the upstate of South Carolina several times a year. I will not go this way again and I will tell all my friends to stay away. If enough people complain about these people then the business along state route 321will start loosing business and they will put a stop to it.
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