Accurately described in other posts…rapid reduction in speed, set up for motorists to fail. A few years ago, my daughter was stopped on her way from Birmingham to Auburn. I went with her to court…it was absolutely packed. If you want to contest your ticket, you go to the end of the line and "we may not get to you today". Court costs for each ticket (she had a tail light out in addition to being 12 MPH over the speed limit) is over $100. Almost $500.

The entire city is built around traffic ticket revenue, and it is a kangaroo court. They spin a lot of nonsense about having a large police dept for protection, it’s large to exploit their pot of Hwy 280 gold.

That’s all well and fine…a good lesson for anyone about small town, redneck speed traps. But the despicable thing is, it preys upon the poor. Well over 50% of the people in the court were poor, most of them were black. A young woman behind us broke into tears when she understood how much her ticket was going to cost saying "how am i going to feed my children".

For us it was an inconvenience, for many it is predatory. The Bible speaks to this in Proverbs 22:22, Do not exploit the poor because they are poor, and do not crush the needy in court.