Scottsdale, Arizona Speed Traps

Loop 101 through Scottsdale is trapped like crazy 24/7. The first sign is a DPS car parked in the median just before 202 with rear-facing radar that radios up ahead to officers on bikes, in cars, whatever. There are also plans to use photo radar vans. Speed limit is 65, but the highway is broad and straight. Going 65 will get you honked at, flipped off, and eventually turned into someone else’s hood ornament. Be advised: THEY WILL NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING. A friend of mine was recently handed a ticket at one of the speed traps after being told he was clocked at 68 in a 65 zone.

Setting behind 20 ft wall on freeway access

Van will park just west of 76th St crossing of Greenway-Hayden Loop 3-4 times a week. Westbound they take advantage of a bend, Eastbound behind a Palo verde shrub.

While proceding Eastbound, immediately following the intersection of Chaparral and 68th St. there is a 25 MPH speed limit sign which is blocked from view by an Oleander hedge. Immediately preceding the intersection the speed limit is 35 MPH. One cannot see another 25 MPH speed limit sign, while continuing Eastbound until one is almost to the following intersection, which is approximately a quarter mile beyond, but, the photo radar machine is set on a gravel section about 90 feet beyond the first, obscured speed limit sign. So, by the time one has seen that the section of the road "was" 25 MPH zone, one has already passed to photo radar machine at around 35 MPH (the posted speed just previous to the intersection), or slightly above and received a photo radar ticket.

Red Light / Speed Camera at the intersection. Currently only the northbound Hayden Road lanes are monitored.