# 2  DID YOU KNOW the idea for the speed trap in Lost River came from a real city? Poulan, Georgia’s police department had a speed trap along six miles of GA HWY 82. In 2009 Poulan's tiny police force generated nearly $900,000 in fines and fees, a number comparable to a city 30 times its size. I thought that information was just too good to pass up, so I used it.