Interstate 15 near Baker Grade
This area is known as the "bloody Baker Grade", as people tend to fly down this 6% downgrade at speeds in excess of 100 mph, which goes for 17 miles. There are "radar signs" which tell you your speed as you go down it, making radar detectors go off, but after seeing the sign, people just ignore the radar warning and keep going. But lo and behold, the section is indeed patrolled by aircraft and the CHP has no mercy for drivers that fly down that grade.
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Be advised that the use of aircraft for traffic control in California has been banned for years. I travel the stretch from Barstow to Vegas a dozen times a year and I regularly drive at or above 90 MPH. Sometimes traffic moves at or above 100 MPH. I have never been cited here and have seen only 2 or 3 vehicles pulled over in the last 10 years. The only time I see a lot of CHP vehicles is when a bunch of them drive into Nevada to have breakfast at Whiskey Pete's Casino (great food).
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