Sierra Highway

Santa Clarita, California•Feb 18, 2003•2 Comments

There are several traps dotted along this 14 mile stretch of road. The one most frequented by cops is the one comming out of canyon country where the road is one lane each direction and the speed limit is 55 MPH, but then the road opens up into a 4 lane undivided HWY. but they reduce the speed to 45 MPH. The cops and the court system have a neat little revenue scam working there. The other trap is near the town of Agua Dulce on the hill near Mint Canyon. Cops love to give tickets to motorists as they go down hill. Again the cops and the court have another tickets for revenue scheme working here because there mentality is if
you’re going down hill you must be speeding.

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Yes! This is a speed trap. (17 votes)
No, this is definitely NOT a speed trap. (12 votes)
Comments:
Quote; not a "Scam" at all, it is clearly marked and the line of sights are clear; I use it all the time. They get the people who love to do 55or faster in the 45...Past the school in the 45. I personally have seen two drivers so far coming through at over 55, past the school in the mornings. The school requested the increased enforcement, and Sierra Highway is not a freeway, it is a "highway" look up the differences.
#1•May 24, 2012•Report Abuse
At the time I was ticketed (though a lot can change in 3+ years) it was almost certainly a trap. There were trees blocking the speed limit sign until approximately 500 ft before it and, though I had cruise set to 55 and began coasting down as soon as I saw it, the officer (blacked out in a driveway, not the street) lit me up BEFORE I passed the sign and wrote me up for 56 in a 45. When I pulled over, the sign was only about 150 feet behind the patrol car - and you know that a) they don't park very far back, and b) stopping THAT fast ("56"-0 in ~200 feet - effectively a panic stop) would have at least gotten me a warning for reckless.
#2•Oct 07, 2013•Report Abuse

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