Olanta, South Carolina Speed Traps

Speed limit is 35 through town and the cops are Always present – sometimes in an unmarked car (which is who pulled me over on my birthday last year!).

Go 1 mile Under the speed limit. The aggravation goes away after the 2 minute ride through Olanta. I went to court to try to fight it and lost. The judge is the town Sheriff and he sits behind a desk made of exposed plywood. This town needed my $, that’s for sure.

The patrol cars stay outside the city limits where a 35 mph area turns into a 55 mph area. The city police will stop cars at this location (when they are speeding up to 40 – 45) and state they were speeding in the 35 zone. There is some question if the police even have jurisdiction outside the city limits.

Well concealed chase car. Not easy to slow down in space allotted, must brake at first sign.