This has to be one of the most notorious speed traps in central Missouri. From time to time the Columbia PD will basically set up a giant speed trap (they call it a ‘special enforcement’) along I-70 through town, where the speed limit drops from 70 to 60. Most commonly they will block off a lane on the Providence Road overpass (mile 126) and have one officer up there with laser gun, and several additional squad cars waiting on the onramp to pull over speeders.

Anything that’s speeding, gets a ticket…the local paper usually has a brief the next day, and they’ll commonly write anywhere from 40-100 tickets in the space of a few hours! CPD can and has done this at any time, but be ESPECIALLY cautious around holiday weekends (Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc.). They seem to particularly like to set up shop then, probably because even more out-of-towners than usual are passing through town.