SC Speed Cameras

[Brandon]

More than likely, Gov Haley will pull the plug on its speed camera enforcement that will prohibit automated speed enforcement. I can see Ridgeland getting pissed off with this. Would not surprise me if they become a Waldo, Lawtey or Starke, Florida by having every municipal police officer at every median cut on its 8 mile POS jurisdiction on I-95 to punish drivers for going 1mph over the speed limit.

When we passed through there on July 2 they had several cop cars out and a cop standing on an overpass with a radar gun and a hand-held radio.

Surprised the SC State Police let them get away with that.  When I-196 was built, Hudsonville, MI wanted to patrol the new freeway.  The Michigan State Police told them that if the locals were found patrolling the new freeway, they'd be arrested on the spot.  That ended Hudsonvile's thoughts of becoming a lucrative speed trap.

[1995hoo]

Maybe the way their state apportions jurisdiction is different from how Michigan does it.

[oscar]

I had a friend get pulled over for doing 20 over in Greenville, SC on I-85 (well known speed trap).  Cop wrote him a ticket.  Said he could plead not guilty and show up in court, he could pay the full fine to the state and get 4 points, or he could instead send the full fine and ticket to the county judge (address scribbled in pencil on the back of the ticket by the officers) and the judge would only give him two points.    See, all about money...you pay the state, you get nailed, you pay us, we'll cut you a deal.

Something similar happened to me, in a remote Texas county whose deputies seem to have little to do but tend their little speed trap.  One got me for 80 in a (seriously underposted) 70.  I was given a "probation before judgment"-type option, which would result in no report to my DMV (and so no points) if I kept my nose clean for a few weeks.  Needless to say, I had to pay extra for that option.

The local judge was annoyed when I later asked for documentation that my ticket was dismissed per the plea deal, though she did mail me a copy.