Marfa, Texas Speed Traps
Entering town from the East
Very unfair and ridiculous speed trap. On the way into town, there are 6 different posted speed limits (75, then 65, 55, 40, 35, and then 30) in less than a mile. If it’s dark out or if you look away from the road for more than half a second, you’re going to miss one of them. Cops wait around a corner right behind the 40mph sign, waiting to catch anyone who is unfortunate enough to not have slowed down enough or who didn’t see one of the signs. Their ticket prices are highway robbery. Be careful traveling through this town and make sure that you look out for hidden speed limit signs EVERYWHERE. That way this one horse town can’t cheat any more unwary travelers out of money to pay their bills.
North on RT 17
Just north from Marfa the land opens up and just over the hill is the Smooky. They can stop and ticked anyone.
Hwy 90 West
Entering Marfa sherriff and state dps hide out around corner…speed changes from 65 to 55 to 40 in less than a mile…all of the big bend tri area is a speed trap….they will stop you for any reason that strikes them…drive the speed limit…it may look or seem desolate but believe there is a state trooper or sherriff who will stop you for one mile over the limit…they r everywhere all the time…borders on harassment…
Ranch Rd 169
Ranch Rd 169 a few miles south of Marfa. There’s one sign designating 50MPH about 25-30 Miles south, No tolerance for going over the speed limit – local yokles usually hide by the Border Patrol Vehicles. My fine was $200 for doing 55MPH thru this cow pasture of a road. Definitely a speed trap!!
US Highway 90 near State Highway 17
While exiting Marfa, heading east, the speed limit from inside the city at 30 mph changes to forty mph. If you accelerate above 30 mph before you actually reach the speed marker of 40 mph, city cops are waiting on outskirts of city, just around a turn that hides their vehicles at night. Enforement is strict, as they take the 40 mph marker to be exactly the point where the higher speed should start. The speed limit goes from 40 to 55 mph right after that, so drivers expect to naturally accelerate as they leave the city. City cops establish their vehicles at a point where drivers passing thu in the evening do not see the city cops around a turn, and they point their radar guns at the point just beyond the higher speed limit (aiming at the lower speed limit area) to “catch”” drivers leaving the city. City cops have “”courtesy”” envelopes with fines already prepared for all traffic citations.”