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[hard10]

The bill was signed into law yesterday:

"COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Nikki Haley has signed into law a bill designed to stop a South Carolina town from using a traffic camera to send speeders a ticket in the mail.

The law bars towns from mailing traffic tickets. It requires officers to hand-deliver them along the roadside.

The Jasper County town of Ridgeland has used speed cameras since August along a seven-mile stretch of Interstate 95 that's inside town limits.

Haley signed the bill Friday.

Lawmakers have accused Ridgeland officials of flouting state law that already barred tickets based only on photographic evidence. Town officials argued their radar and camera system was legal because it's monitored by an officer.

Ridgeland's mayor Gary Hodges says he believes the system saves lives. He says roughly 10,000 tickets were mailed in nine months."

[smkymtnboy]

That's not uncommon for Troopers to do that and the reason for it if they went the speed limit it would back up traffic because most people wouldn't pass them for fear of getting a ticket. Not saying it is right, but imagine what our interstates would be like if they went the speed limit and backed traffic up (a lot worse then they already are )... one other thing most Troopers will allow 5-8 miles (in some cases more) over the speed limit before they stop a car for speeding.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

if troopers are doing it to prevent traffic problems sounds like we have far bigger problems which traffic cameras can never solve. sound like we have need traffic engineers to solve the problems troopers are causing by running the speed limit

[smkymtnboy]

good fo nikki and the good people of S.C.

[Jock]

**UPDATE**

This area has always been known to be a speed trap area and with the summer upon us I wanted to remind everyone of their current operation in the same area!  This time they are using radar binoculars and the police cars are around the corner waiting to write you up!  Last week I saw five police cars having folks pulled over ad several more on the side waiting!

BOTTOM LINE:  If you plan to travel through SC this summer on I-95 watch your speed in the Ridgeland, SC area.

This has been a public service announcement courtesy of this station.