Corvallis, Oregon Speed Traps

Motorcycle Officer hides next to or near the bridge at Marys river and that can be north bound where speed limit will go from 35 to 25 to 35 to 25 all in about 100 Fort south bound he hides at office bldg prkg lot on west side of road.

Motorcycle officers were hiding behind a parked car on a dry, sunny afternoon in July 2003. I was on a small motorcycle, accelerating after turning left onto Satinwood from the stop sign at Elk after a doctors appt. That part of the street goes downhill. The officer volunteered that they were there because of homeowner complaints of speeders. "I would have let you off with a warning," he told me, "if only you hadn’t shifted into 3rd!" According to the manual, my 250cc motorcycle can shift into third at 15 mph. I might have been speeding, but I am not sure because I was only in third (of 6 gears), had just turned the corner, and usually feel unsafe looking at gauges right away (accelerate to what feels reasonable, check gauges, adjust if indicated.) Here are my questions: 1) If so many people drive faster than 25 there, then shouldn’t the speed study (required to use radar, I am told) have indicated a higher limit than 25? 2) How can I get my hands on the speed study? 3) For radar to be used, is it true that the study had to have been done using the downhill traffic on a dry afternoon? 4) Is there reason to believe that radar may be less accurate for a small motorcycle with a shiny black fairing?

Right before you get into the school zone. At the 20 mile per hour sign, I was "clocked" going 32. I had just been thinking how I was "chugging along" slowly, and I am certain I wasn’t going 32 in the 20. I had checked my speedometer and was right about 27 and slowing before I saw the police officer. 5 minutes later, same place, he was pulling a lady over. When I drove through 15 minutes later, yet another. Fine: over $200. I’m still in shock, but then Corvallis has a BAD reputation, and the relationship with law enforcement is poor.

accross the street from B&R they sit behind a fence and tag people 20 feet before the 55 mph zone from 35 mph

Known By the City Police as the fishing hole, Good area to fill Quota………