I travel this route 3 times a wk. they usually sit off to the side by the liguor store right before you get to Olympic on San Vincente facing southeast while traffic is comming northwest. its at an angle it is and while the traffic is moving they park the bikes in line with parked cars so you can't see them. using radar guns at the light. when the traffic slows down they step out in front of the vehicles and wave them over... Now in the other direction they set up at the bus stop in front of the 7-11 at Hauser on San Vincente facing NorthWest while traffic is travelling southeast twards LaBrea. Again they are in line with the parked cars so you won't see them... by the time you do it's too late..

This is a speed trap, but it is one that I beat! You have to call or write the city Traffic Department. Ask for the servay for that stretch of street. At the time of my ticket the city hadn't taken a servay for 8 years. That, in itself nullifyies the ticket. (servays are to be taken every 3 to 5 yrs) If they have taken a recent servay, it should show that the regular speed on that street avg. 45+ mph which will give you a bases to fight with. Even if the street is posted at 35mph, it is the SERVAYED FLOW of traffic that is king. The city is to post new signs with updated figures as long as the higher speeds were traveled safely. In this case, the higher speeds have not contributed to a higher number of accidents. Also, concidering that cops are to give a 4 to 7 mph ley way before givig a speeding ticket, even if you were traveling at 50 mph, the "servayed 45 mph would put you within standard.

My best friend was killed at Olympic and La Brea by a woman driving 60mph through a red light. Get it people: cars are deadly - instantly. When I saw her car, it didn't even look like a car anymore. I am horrified that people are so insulted by the fact that police are out there trying to keep people from speeding so that more young people don't get needlessly killed by those who want to drive fast. I'm not being a troll. This is the truth. Look up the police reports if you don't believe it: January 27, 2009. Perhaps some of you commenting on these speed traps around this area on Olympic saw the aftermath of the accident. Think twice about being reckless, put down your phones, and accept that we are driving around in deadly machinery on a daily basis.

Yep! This is a certified speed trap. They sit by the liquor store just before Fairfax at an angle and pull folks over all day. Not sure about the other direction. I'm getting a radar detector, V1 or Escort..

Beware on both San Vicente and Venice Blvd. generally between Hauser to the east and LaCienega to the west. I do see motorcycle cops with radar more frequently on Venice, however. Sometimes there are three of them, one to operate the radar and two to pull people over, one after another -- "like shooting fish in a barrel." As to the comment above about the person killed at Olympic & LaBrea, yes, that was a tragedy and I am sure no one would argue about it. What we DO take exception to is entrapment, which is nothing more than a thinly disguised revenue-generator for the City (just like the ill-fated red-light cameras, many of which malfunction on a regular basis and have cost the City millions). If the City was really concerned about safety and not revenue-generation, they would instruct the officers to position themselves in a HIGHLY VISIBLE location instead of sneaking around and hiding, trapping people and issuing practically indefensible citations. [n.b., it's hardly a coincidence that moving violation fines have recently increased dramatically along with the sudden increase in speed traps.] You know as well as I do that the mere sight of a cop on the side of the road immediately causes people to slow down.