Temecula, California Speed Traps

Unreasonable speed limit (35mph) motorcycle cops on a Daily-basis, Hide, then pull over motorists & give tickets-strictly a city-revenue issue.

Coming from Ynez, on Rancho Vista there is a trap that police enjoy using often. When you are driving past Vail Elementary, there’s a hill. When you head over the hill, there’s a steeper downgrade, and it’s *very* easy to go at least 10mph over. There’s usually a motorcycle cop or two waiting for you in the entrance to the Community Recreational Center(CRC). You can’t see them because there are some hedges that hide them. My mom was recently handed a ticket because of this trap, and ever since then I’ve been checking it out.

Also: Just a little bit further up the road is Temecula Valley High School. If you are driving by there 20 minutes before 7:30A or 20 minutes after 2:30p, and you are going over 25mph, you’re going to get a ticket.

Just a heads up. Keep sharp! 🙂

Temecula elemetry is at the corner, 25mph speed limit and several motorcycle units sit along Margarita, everyday someone gets pulled over. Also, watch out late at night, several cop cars sit in the elementry school parking lot, or the desert shadows apartment lot with radar.

As you head on Ynez and pass Margarita you come accross a steep 10-12% grade downhill. There will be about a 60-75% chance(during normal work hours 8-5) that there will be 1 – 3 motorcycle officers waiting at the very bottom of that grade hiding on the left hand side behind a bunch of bushes. If you see them its already too late. They can nail you quite easily even when you cannot see them since they peek up a bit over the bush and nail you with the gun. They use K and Ka bands from what I can tell and I have stopped my car to watch them. They usually only need to be clocking the road for only a minute to catch their next victim and they have no tolerance. When I first got nailed they gave me a ticket for 7 mph of the speed limit. The speed limit is 40 mph and can easily be 60 since its 2 lanes on each side(very wide two lanes) and very little traffic. I recommend slowing down on this stretch and be in the right hand lane with your radar detector for early detection. BE CAREFUL AND WATCH OUT FOR A CHANGE UP! The officers can easily switch sides on the road and catch ya with your guard down. This is a classic speed trap and the downward motion will cause you to accelerate about 10-15 miles over the speed limit unless you ride your brakes the whole way down.

Motorcycle cops facing oncoming traffic, usually two bikes, with radar.