Approx. 1/4 mi east of Van Buren Rd, the speed limit decreases from 50mph to 35 mph in the middle of the coutryside – no dwellings or other reason for reduced speed. Halversack then takes a steep down hill angle and the sheriff waits behind a pole shed on the north side of the highway at the bottom of the hill. When I asked the officer why the speed limit was reduced in that area he couldn’t or wouldn’t give me a reason.