So I live in GA and recently moved from Atlanta to Tifton for reasons. I got a job that requires me to drive through a shitty little speed trap town called Omega, a reputation I didn't know about until after I got my speeding ticket there.

So, long story short, I reengaged my cruise control to 60 when I saw the sign for 55 at the outskirt of the town and there was a cop (black truck, no reflective lettering, parked facing traffic for even less visibility) almost literally right next to the sign and she pulled me over for 60 in a 45 because "technically I didn't pass the sign yet."

I've been driving for 12 years in ATL without ever getting a speeding ticket at all and I've never heard of someone getting a speeding ticket like this so I googled it and found out that, yes, technically that is how it works. I still thought it was bullshit that they park there knowing people will see the sign and speed up so I did more digging and found this:

2020 Georgia CodeTitle 40 - Motor Vehicles and TrafficChapter 14 - Use of Speed Detection Devices and Red Light CamerasArticle 2 - Speed Detection Devices§ 40-14-6. Warning Signs Required; Signage Requirements Each county, municipality, college, and university using speed detection devices shall erect signs on every highway which comprises a part of the state highway system at that point on the highway which intersects the corporate limits of the municipality, the county boundary, or the boundary of the college or university campus. Such signs shall be at least 24 by 30 inches in area and shall warn approaching motorists that speed detection devices are being employed. No such devices shall be used within 500 feet of any such warning sign erected pursuant to this subsection.

In addition to the signs required under subsection (a) of this Code section, each county, municipality, college, and university using speed detection devices shall erect speed limit warning signs on every highway which comprises a part of the state highway system at that point on the highway which intersects the corporate limits of the municipality, the county boundary, or the boundary of the college or university campus. Such signs shall be at least 24 by 30 inches in area, shall warn approaching motorists of changes in the speed limit, shall be visible plainly from every lane of traffic, shall be viewable in any traffic conditions, and shall not be placed in such a manner that the view of such sign is subject to being obstructed by any other vehicle on such highway. No such devices shall be used within 500 feet of any such warning sign erected pursuant to this subsection.

In addition to the signs required under subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, each law enforcement agency using an automated traffic enforcement safety device as provided for in Code Section 40-14-18 shall erect signs warning of the use of a stationary speed detection device within the approaching school zone. Such signs shall be at least 24 by 30 inches in area, shall be visible plainly from every lane of traffic, shall be viewable in all traffic conditions, and shall not be placed in such a manner that the view of such sign is subject to being obstructed by any other vehicle on such highway. Such signs shall be placed within 500 feet prior to the warning sign announcing the reduction of the speed limit for the school speed zone. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that such signs are properly installed pursuant to this subsection at the time of any alleged violation under this article.

(note: formatting changed "a, b, c" to "1, 2, 3" for some reason)

So, subsection b (2) says that "No such devices [speed detection] shall be used within 500 feet of any such warning sign erected pursuant to this subsection." I'm interpreting that to mean that they cannot be parked and using laser/radar within 500 feet of the sign and need to know if I'm correct in that interpretation because where she put on the ticket that I was when I got clocked is slightly past the 500 ft. mark.

https://gyazo.com/9004a3d2198ec2ce4f95bf5773de027d

That is a google maps of the area. The red circle is where the speed limit sign was and the green is about where she said I was. The first driveway next to the red is where she was parked. The scale got cut out in the screenshot but it's about 700ft from one circle to the other.

I found out that GA actually has a license system through the Department of Public Safety, GA specifically has anti-speedtrap town laws like the one I posted, and the municipality can lose their license by violating them.

It's physically impossible for them to hand out tickets in the screenshotted section of road without violating either this law, or GA Code 40-14-7, because there's a hill to the south and you can't see any of that area until you are at about the green circle I marked. That said, they're parked out there at 4:30 AM multiple times a week. I saw them there just last night, parked on the driveway closest to the green circle where they don't come into view behind the hill crest until about 60-80 ft.

Assuming I'm correct in the interpretation of these laws, whoever is parking there is either massively incompetent and doesn't know the basic laws around handing out speeding tickets that govern their ability to even have the license for it or, more likely, is banking on people not knowing this or having the resources to fight it and is maliciously flaunting the law and effectively extorting drivers.

Assuming I am correct about this interpretation, what is the best way to go about dealing with this? There's a number on the ticket that says we can call the police chief and discuss it with him, should I call him? Do you think that would give me a quick resolution to this? The advice I found on legal sites details how to fight it in court but 1. I've had speeding tickets in small towns and that shit is a racket that the prosecutor and judge are in on and 2. I'd like the fastest resolution to this because I work 12 hours a day 6 days a week and I don't have the patience for this. I'm willing to pay a lawyer to deal with it for me, and I'm willing to pay him/her more than I'd pay for the ticket just on principle but I'd obviously prefer to save a few hundred dollars if I can.