Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Speed Traps

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/koco/20020123/lo/1057116_1.html

This is a Profile Trap not a speed trap. On any given day the County Sheriff’s Department will be out in force profiling the corridor. If you have Illinois plates they will come out and run directly behind you making you nervous as possible until you touch the white line or go over or under the posted speed limit of 70 mph. Then they will light you up. After they have you stopped they will ask for their own curriosity if they can search your car. If you refuse then they will call in the K-9 to try to get a hit on your vehicle. They do bust a lot of drug runners by doing this but they also harrass a lot of honest people in the name of law enforcement. I travel this road daily and see this happening nearly every day. It is wrong and they continue doing it.

Once sometimes Twice a month the local, county and state police conduct a state DL check at this location. Not stopping every 3rd or 4th car, But ALL cars getting on the Highway. I’ve seen this happen as late as 11:00PM or as early as 7:00AM. Be careful out there or you could wind up spending your paycheck, I did….

Oklahoma City, by virtue of federal grants, has over a dozen (at last count) R.A.I.D. vehicles. Once the first violation is observed, these units will follow for a time to catch you in other violations, i.e. change lanes w/o signal, etc. Oklahoma Highway Patrol has also increased significantly their use of unmarked units of numerous types of vehicles, as has the county Sheriffs dept., including well hidden motorcycle units…augmented by a large number of OKC City police motorcycles. Lake Hefner Parkway (Hiway 74) patrols are high due to the many fatal collisions and average speed of 75 (65 mph limit).

Well-publisized speedtrap by local media. Look for motorcycle units hiding in the shadows of the Grand Blvd overpass.