Blue Springs, Missouri Speed Traps

Right past John Nowlin and the Nantucket subdivision, there is a small cul-de-sac that cops are known to sit in. It’s at the bottom of a hill coming from either way, so you can’t see the cop until it’s too late to slow down. It’s also in a school zone, so the speed limit is 20 mph, but the hill makes it much easier to exceed that limit.

If you are cutting through Lake Jacomo in the morning trying to get to 291 from 40 hwy: As you’re heading South on Woods Chapel (water on both sides of the road)… and you pass the Liggett Road light, the two lanes will merge into one. Many drivers (motor cycles especially) have a tendancy to want to race on green and/or pass on the right side. Normally, this results in both parties speeding up to see who will win – Bam! The Sheriff is waiting right past the curve where the lanes finally merge into one.

They are always on 15th Street north of 40 Hwy at the side streets! And they patrol up and down at all hours at the night trying to get you for bogus violations!

They have one on Woods Chapel Rd at bridge shooting down at the us speeders on I-70 going towards Independence.

Several times each week, and especially on weekends (mostly evenings and at night), a Lake Tapawingo police officer sits at the south entrance to Lake Tapawingo (Clipper Drive) and shoots radar at south-bound traffic on Woods Chapel Road. The speed limit is only 35 mph and since the area he often shoots radar at is downhill, it’s very easy to exceed the posted speed limit.