Evansville, Indiana Speed Traps

Cops patrol the school zone, and rightly so, very actively when the school zone speed limit is in effect. I saw one cop finishing up on citation on a side street, get stopped at a light, and pull another car before we got to the far side of the school zone. Also, another cop was patrolling in the opposite direction. You may get some warning going east-bound on Washington since they have a K-band speed warning device on the east bound lane. Also, the cops runs K-band as well. Limit is 20 MPH, I wouldn’t recommend going much over it.

Heading SE on Riverside Drive next to the river (away from the casino), there’s often a cop sitting on a driveway before the Evansville Museum and the Cherry Street intersection. As you pass the Four Freedoms’ monument – Zap. I’ve never been caught but I see them regularly on my morning jog on the riverfront. The limit is 30, but it feels more like an expressway: the true parkway doesn’t start for another 1/2 mile. It is an area where there are pedestrians, but few at 6:30 a.m.

Regular patrols of the Lloyd Expressway (the only expressway I have ever seen with stoplights) pose an interesting and troublesome condition for drivers. The unusually low and constantly changing speed limit leave drivers wondering "What exactly is the speed limit?" especially on this busiest thoroughfare through the city. Almost constant construction and unmarked/mismarked construction zones leave the drivers unprepared and not expecting any reductions in speed limits or driving conditions. Overall a very pore and overrated highway!