Vallejo, California Speed Traps

The CHP sit under the overpass in the West bound direction and tag people as they are coming down the hill into Vallejo.

Coming down the hill, cars pick up speed– a police officer (usually on motorcycle) waits hidden off to the side with a radar gun. When you come to a stop at the bottom traffic light, he catches up and cites you for driving at an unsafe speed down the hill. It happens over and over again, day after day. You are especially vulnerable if you are not familiar with the area.

A very efficient speed trap, for CHP that is. This speed trap was featured in the Vallejo newspaper. A CHP officer stands on top of the overpass facing eastbound traffic. With his Lidar gun he points at cars believed to be speeding. When he finds one, the CHP officer radios in the car and which lane to the motorcycle cops lined up on the on ramp, and those motorcycle cops will pursue the speeding vehicle.

Motorcycle w/ radar. Targeting Westbound Traffic

There is a road construction project at this intersection. There will be a motorcycle officer hiding behind construction signs. Fines are double in the zone. Approaching from the North, speed is not well marked going from 45 to 25 miles an hour within less than 1/4 a mile.