Hillsboro, Oregon Speed Traps

They sit around the corner waiting for you to speed by, you won’t even see them till you turn the corner.

NE 24th St between Baseline Rd and Maple has been a lucrative speed trap for the City of Hillsboro PD for many years now. There are many flag lot driveways on the west side of 24th where officers (using both motorcycles and vehicles) can hide in hopes of catching unsuspecting motorists who are not paying attention the the 25 mph limit. It’s especially easy to unintentionally speed up on the downhill slope as you approach Maple, or be caught over the limit because you have accelerated to get up the hill heading north towards Baseline, but not slacked off the gas at the top (where the flag lot driveways are located).

New to the area and driving west on TV Hwy, I was turning right onto Cornelius Pass north. A motorcycle cop trap caught me turning right using a bike path lane, as cars routinely do everyday. (I counted 36 in 15 minutes). The bike emblem was painted 250 feet from the intersection and the "bike" path was 8 feet wide, appearing to be simply a median on the side of the road that could be used for turning. In spite of being poorly marked as a bike path, (as opposed to other bike paths, that I took pictures of that were narrower and painted emblems closer to the intersections) the judge in Hillsboro sided with the cop (good ol boys club I suppose and revenue for the City of Hillsboro). I wrote the mayor, and since the judge didn’t care about correcting a problem that unfairly costs drivers, I contacted ODOT and they painted the bike emblem closer to the intersection. The next day, my husband saw a similiar sting on TV Hwy and Century Blvd. What ever happened to "warnings?" Greediness and in the case of this judge, "indifference", I suppose. Sad that judges can make a difference, but choose not to.

Patrol car or motorcycle sits in the driveway of the SolarWorld plant (formerly Komatsu), well back from the road. The limit here is 45, but traffic regularly runs 55-60.

The Trap is on Baseline RD, between 231st and the Albertons Shopping Center at Cornellius Pass RD and Baseline.

Officer enforcing is generally on a motorcycle and can be easily concealed along easily along this stretch of road. However a few times it has been an SUV that was being used to monitor traffic. And on occasion I have seen a patrol car with someone already pulled over, but I haven’t seen a patrol car waiting for someone yet.

When heading EAST, right after passing 231st, the Officer tends to stay on the very next road which is protected well from visibility by a fence/bushes when heading EAST, and by a large Hill/Dirt Embankment when heading WEST.

Occasionally the officer will park at the top of some of the few driveways directly off of Baseline.

AM Trap is typically for East Bound Traffic
PM Trap is typically for West Bound Traffic