Police Speed Traps In Amarillo – Dallas’ Top 5

So you’re driving down the Canyon E-Way, heading back to work from lunch, maybe you’re running late, then all of the sudden, there’s a motorcycle cop in your rear-view mirror with flashing lights. Boom! Done, over, you’re getting a ticket! It could’ve been avoided if you would’ve just had your eyes scoping the scene. Especially on this particular spot that’s famous for being a speed trap. You’re coming over the bridge of 45th and right as you top it, you are getting clocked by the cops. In my experience this speed trap is set up around lunch time. There’s a field there between the auto shop & Sitel. They will usually kick back a little bit in the field, out of sight and out of mind! Look out for this one ladies & gents! It’s a safe bet that if the weather is nice enough to ride a motorcycle, you will see about 5 motorcycle cops in this spot!

Coulter Street is almost always a mess. It’s one of the most frustrating streets to drive down especially during heavy drive times. With the hospitals being on the street and the mouth of the mall entrance as well, it makes for some pretty congested conditions. And with that, come people that are weaving in and out of traffic trying to make it home early or to work on time. Hey police officers aren’t stupid they know they’ll fill a quota on Coulter! So you should know they will be waiting for you! In the shopping center at 34th & Coulter by Chop Chop, more often then not, I see 2-3 motorcycle cops parking lot pimping with they’re radars out looking for you to be speeding, or not wearing your seat belt. With the camera light being right down the street, this entire strip of Coulter needs to be approached with caution. It’s cool, just kick it down to the speed limit if your driving on Coulter between 45th & i-40, I give you a broad range because your safest like that. It won’t tack that much time on your commute and you & your wallet will be safe from tickets!

This one gets ugly folks and with Amarillo High being right there, your not just looking out for cops, your looking out for cops and crazy teens that just got their license yet for some reason they’re parents thought the first car they drive should be a Mustang GT or Camaro SS! Not cool at all! Anyways, this one isn’t crazy with cops as I only see 2 cops at a time in this particular area, but they are the most efficient motorcycle cops in our city. They will catch you I promise that! I have seen 1 of these motorcycle cops with 3 people pulled over at one time! That’s like super cop stuff right there! You’re going to find the cops kicking it by the bushes on the entrance of Puckett Drive between the 2 apartment complexes. Speeding, seat belts, tags & inspections, they are looking for it all and they have this uncanny ability to take 2 motorcycles and cover a massive area with them!

Getting close to the top spot and in my opinion this one is the 2nd highest area for speed traps and it creeps up on you like a thief in the night! I-40 literally sees 200,000+ cars a day! Half of them are people hauling butt through our city, the other half is your crazy cousin or aunt at the wheel. With so many cars and so many crazy drivers, the wolf pack comes out to play. I mean 8-10 motorcycle cops all in one place! They’ll cover East & West bound traffic so no direction is safe from the laser radar! And this one is so hard to spot because of the vegetation that runs along I-40. I swear they planted all those bushes so that cops would have a place to hide not even joking! Odds are, in heavy traffic, you’ll see an entire team of bike cops hiding out on I-40 between Bell & Western or they may even stretch the coverage down to Coulter I have seen them do that. But typically they hide out behind the bushes there between Bell & Western just waiting for you to come by speeding. I don’t ever risk it in this spot. I ALWAYS drive the speed limit when I’m on I-40 in this area. Just for a safe bet you should too! This is my number 2 spot on the list because this is by far one of the biggest and most well hid speed traps in the city.

And now, time for the biggest and baddest speed trap in the 806! You’ve no doubt seen this one, maybe even fell victim to it. This one is taking the top spot on the countdown for a few reasons. 1, it’s just a good spot to catch people speeding. 2, it is by far the most well organized speed trap I have ever seen in my life! Whoever the cop is that thought this idea up should get a raise! Let’s dig into it shall we. 3, it will almost always catch you off guard. The design is just genius! What they do is plant 1 cop on the Washington street overpass; he’s the guy with the gun. He’ll be on the bridge laser tagging cars while 8 or 9 of his buddies are down on the highway waiting for him to give the cue to pull somebody over. With the cop being on the bridge, he can catch you miles away. So literally when your 2 miles away, your in the zone for being caught speeding. Don’t worry about seat belts or tags/inspection on this one, they are just looking for speeders and they are catching them! People trying to make it to downtown or the Canyon E-Way, folks passing through the city, people commuting to Dallas or OKC, not a single person is safe from this speed trap! When you see it, it’s already too late. When your radar or laser detector catches it, they’ve already caught you. Too many times I’ve seen people get caught speeding by this speed trap. Don’t you fall victim! When you’re in this area, you’re a suspect and you need to slow it down!