Slow Down Through Brantley Or Get A Costly Photo

By Gilbert Nicholson

If beach traffic isn’t stacked up bumper-to-bumper through Brantley, it’s roaring through at breakneck speed.

The small Crenshaw County town 60 miles south of Montgomery is on U.S. Highway 331, one of the main routes from north Alabama to Destin, Seaside, Fort Walton and the western end of Panama City.

After several fatalities at Bailey’s Curve on the north side of town, Brantley officials put their foot down. They went to the state Legislature to get approval for using a camera to photograph speeders. Those caught breaking the state-set speed limit get a ticket in the mail with a photograph of their car.Brantley has unfairly been tagged as a speed trap, says Assistant Police Chief Drew Morgan, as evidenced by prominent signs warning motorists of the camera well in advance. Speed limits on 331, he said, are established by the state of Alabama.

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