Cedar Rapids, Iowa Speed Traps

I have 0 accidents, and 0 speeding tickets in my 14 years of driving. I don’t speed, but I do move with the flow of traffic and am unfamiliar with the area. I recently moved to Marion when my job changed locations and I have received 3 traffic tickets in 3 weeks. Every single one of them was on a Saturday morning. I drive that route 6 days a week. Now I do know, I should know the speed limits better, driving it 6 days a week but I don’t. The whole town is new to me, including my hour drive to and from work. I’ve been driving the route for a month, and have picked up when traffic slows and speeds back up. I always got in with the flow. Today I received my 3rd one, and I can’t stay quiet anymore. I don’t need to live here, I could move closer to work. I don’t need to stop for fuel and do my shopping in this town, and do my part to keep community dollars rolling. I am all for speed control in problematic areas but 3 in 3 weeks all around the same days is fishy to me. I have now chosen to take a different route, and am no longer making my morning stop for fuel and breakfast in Cedar Rapids These cameras are organized crime. It’s no different than a police officer sitting outside of a bar, waiting to give someone a public intox as they walk out the door. The camera’s are perfectly placed to the city’s benefit.

Red jeep sitting and nailing people.

All you need do is look at the list of folks who have been nailed at this location to know that there is something wrong.

Those that have received speed camera notices from Cedar Rapids, Iowa after February 2014 , may want to check with the city before you pay. This is when the Iowa DOT enacted speed camera rules. It has been determined that this city has placed the cameras too close to where the speed reduction signs are. Cedar Rapids and the State have not yet decided what should happen next.

Got this picture citation 2 weeks after arriving home. I drove through Cedar Rapid, I don’t pass cars, I just go with the flow. If I was going this fast everyone was and I doubt if the Iowan’s got these tickets. I also doubt that I was going 67 mph. from rest of listings about this trap, it looks like something is very wrong with camera.