Hudson, Florida Speed Traps

State Police regularly sit on U.S. 19 getting traffic going south during morning rush hour.

The entire main lenth of Clocktower, from Highway 19 to Fivay (I am not certain if this is also the situation on the back loop of Clocktower that circles around by Lakeside Woodlands)has recently been the site of several speed traps and very strict enforcement of the 30 mph speed limit (including stopping some vehicles for going downhill at 33mph in tyhe 30 mph zone!). The detection vehicles are being parked in differing and very creative locations along the route at various times of the day and vary from regular patrol vehicles, to unmarked cars, to well hidden motorcycles, with the tag and chase team located slightly up ahead to pull you over, but unseen from the spot where the detection vehicle clocks you. The clever set-up continues on the otherside of Fivay as Clocktower becomes Clayton…especially tricky as vehicles scoot across Fivay from Clocktower, attempting to make the world’s shortest green light at that site, and again as people try to get through an opening in the heavy traffic on Hudson to turn onto Clayton to get to Clocktower. Beware, the entire BW developement area from Highway 19 to Hudson is a 30 mph zone and it is being enforced.

Detection vehicle is hidden in first side street entrance on right as you enter Clayton from Hudson Ave. If you attempt to make the turn without stopping on Hudson first, the momentum of your vehicle alone, traveling from 45mph on Hudson to 30mph on Clayton, will be enough, in that short distance, to have you over the speed limit. Before I could straighten my wheel at the end of the turning process, the officer had me clocked at 36mph in the 30 zone (and that’s with my foot being off the gas pedal the entire time I was executing the turn). Be careful of your speed entirely throughout Both Beacon Woods East and West. The detection cars are being parked in more and more creative places (like unmarked cars in otherwise empty driveways – especially right across from the duck pond, in the clubhouses’ lots, the lot at the Cares center. My sister’s husband was tagged for going 33mph in a 30 mph zone, going down hill by the duck pond on Clocktower, which is the continuation of Clayton after crossing Fivay. The entire BW developement is being very closely monitored and enforced at strict 30 mph!