I live in Wilmer and I can tell you that I-45, anywhere in Wilmer, is a speed trap. The cops have a habit of sitting on the onramp at the northbound entrance of Beltline. If you are headed northbound make sure you reduce your speed to 60 right after leaving Ferris. They don’t discriminate against the northbound, southbound traffic gets a lot of tickets, too. Wilmer police have a contract with the sheriffs department in which Wilmer police patrol the highway for half of the month and the sheriffs patrol the other half. That’s why you would see both of them giving tickets.

Just so you know, Wilmer police have been known to pull over drivers in town if they do not recognize them. My son had just moved to town and was driving my car and got pulled over because the cop did not know who he was.

If you drive a semi, do not try to drive it into town. There is a Dollar General two blocks from the freeway, don’t go past it or you will get a heafty ticket. Also, truckers, there is a weigh station that opened up randomly, watch for that.