“You should obey the signs.”
Leon Bruce, Society Hill, South Carolina
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| Photo by WPDE News Channel 15 |
Drivers in Society Hill, South Carolina (population 690) are getting a helping hand—all they have to do is follow the sign. Someone in Society Hill erected a large sign along the roadway that says “Watch Your Speed” and has a hand pointing toward Cheraw Highway. Locals say Cheraw Highway has a reputation as a bit of a speed trap. Most folks don’t know who put up the sign, but Police Chief Kaynnera Capers does, and he likes it. He says he doesn’t want to write speeding tickets; he just wants people to slow down. He’s clocked drivers doing 15 to 25 miles over the speed limit through the small town. So if the sign works, he’s behind it 100 percent.
Read more → Tonya Brown, Society Hill sign has people slowing down, WPDE News Channel 15, January 23, 2012 [includes video].
2 comments:
Capers is not to be trusted. He's just covering his corrupt rear. The town is a notrious speed trap and they write tickets for as little as 3 mph over the limit and the sign is too hidden to see and it's when you're LEAVING the town onto a 55 mph highway that they set the trap. They are just corrupt and no one has busted them back to greeter status at Walmart, yet!
Only ticket I ever had in my life. I'm 34 now and this happened 12 years ago. I knew going through the town that it was not a place to speed but that trap is carefully set up as you're leaving. About 100 feet from where I was pulled over was a 55 zone. I was told I was going 54 in a 35, which many folks online have written to be ticketed for. 54. And they do tell you for 300+ dollars you can have it taken care of with no points. Extortion. Luckily I knew some people in my NC hometown and those jerks didn't see one penny of my money. If I ever go through there again I'm going 20 mph the whole way and dare them to ticket me.
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