Clayton, North Carolina Speed Traps

No speed limit signs are posted. Many signs do inform you that you are on Hwy 70. Subliminal trap? How do you know to go 55mph, 65mph, or 70 mph?
You want know until you get a ticket! If there is no Stop sign at an intersection do you stop? Will you be giving a ticket for running a Stop sign that’s not there? Why should WE The People pay the fines , when the D.O.T. fails to post the proper signs?

6 highway patrol units lined up, taking turns giving citations in a 55 mph section just before the new section that is 65 mph. You are not sure where it changes to 65.I explained, that I thought the limit had changed, but was useless. The plan is to have reinforcements and to ticket as many unknowing drivers as quickly as possible in a poorly unmarked area. Just a Trap!!!

US Hwy 70 E just after NC Hwy 42 breaks off going east, the speed limit is 45 and increases to 55. Several months ago, the change to 55 happened sooner (it is a low cross-traffic area), but now it is farther down, and the Clayton police like to sit in the median or along the north side and catch people increasing to 55 too soon. Maybe this will change when the bypass is opened in June/July?

SHP sits at the Cleveland Fire Department facing either way. 45mph speed limit. Traffic typically travels around 55-60mph.

State Troopers are often at the 70 exit (306 on 40E) when the exit steps down to 55mph. After the last bridge on the blind turn there is often a trooper or two in the ditch to the leFort Also .5 miles ahead at the Greenfield Parkway bridge you will often see unmarked Dodge Chargers or Impalas sitting there. SLOW DOWN TO 55 ON THAT EXIT!