US Highway 287 ~ Hall County

Estelline, Texas•Nov 12, 2010•3 Comments

The speed limit signs are well posted. It has always been the terrain, a rising slope when traveling south that catches you off guard. Also the Commercial trucks block the upcoming speed limit signs if you are passing in the left lane. The Speed limit in this one horse town is 50 mph. When traveling from North to South you can easily get a speeding ticket for 70mph in a 50mph zone. Which can set you back around $200. The City is very small and has had an extremely high turnover of police officers. The City has now resorted to hiring part time officers from nearby Cities. The part time officers work on their regular days off. They are usually parked off to the side facing south and are on the right hand side of HWY 287. Traveler beware because the police car is barely visible when traveling south. The newest police car is an unmarked Black Ford Crown Victoria. The City also has a Silver Mustang and a Dark green Dodge Charger. The City of Estelline has a population of less than 200 people. Many people have said the City does not need a Police Officer. Texas DPS and the Hall County Sheriffs Department already patrol Highway 287. The only purpose for the City of Estelline to employ a Police Officer is to write speeding tickets and generate revenue for the City. The City writes on average of 100 to 200 tickets a week and primarily targets out of town travelers. This small town only has two liquor stores, a nice small town diner and a post office. Without the revenue coming in from speeding tickets the City of Estelline would be out of business. In FY 2009/2010 the City has gone through over a dozen police officers. The reason for the high turnover of Police officers is an attitude instilled by the City Council to leave the locals alone and get those out of towners that are speeding. This town has been a problem for a very long time. I’m sure any locals that are on this website defending this speed trap are city employees or city council members. Because without the massive revenue coming in from those speeding tickets they would be out of a job! Big question is..Where is all that money going to???

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Texas Municipal Wall of Shame: the 40 most prolific speed traps, ordered by total ticket revenue per citizen. I am not certain, but I think this covers all tickets written from 2000-2008. Rank City 2008 population Traffic tickets % of all tickets that are traffic tickets Total ticket revenue Total ticket revenue per citizen Total tickets per citizen 1 Westlake 211 71664 81% $8,919,460 $42,272 340 2 Estelline 155 24269 88% $2,873,199 $18,537 157 3 Domino 50 2656 99% $262,660 $5,253 53 4 Montgomery 596 25523 66% $3,116,988 $5,230 43 5 Martindale 1148 44422 98% $5,496,670 $4,788 39 6 Cuney 147 4598 100% $678,847 $4,618 31 7 Palmer 2258 81653 93% $10,144,689 $4,493 36 8 Rio Vista 818 31508 95% $3,239,383 $3,960 39 9 Riesel 1013 25021 92% $3,911,628 $3,861 25 10 Patton Village 1483 52752 98% $5,570,563 $3,756 36
#1•May 12, 2011•Report Abuse
11 Mount Enterprise 543 16379 99% $2,023,814 $3,727 30 12 Pantego 2381 41830 53% $8,763,955 $3,681 18 13 Wilmer 3576 88731 90% $12,610,497 $3,526 25 14 Dalworthington 2412 60167 66% $8,320,636 $3,450 25 15 Lott 675 11454 85% $2,139,228 $3,169 17 16 Lavon 423 8255 85% $1,319,644 $3,120 20 17 Chillicothe 687 14420 94% $2,127,266 $3,096 21 18 Waskom 2137 48647 98% $6,604,962 $3,091 23 19 Shenandoah 2002 67581 97% $6,004,139 $2,999 34 20 Mustang Ridge 933 25329 90% $2,786,746 $2,987 27 21 Ferris 2566 46764 89% $7,591,029 $2,958 18 22 Covington 302 4192 62% $886,511 $2,935 14 23 Arcola 1230 32449 97% $3,589,616 $2,918 26 24 Northlake 2036 40651 93% $5,763,918 $2,831 20 25 Rice 980 18346 64% $2,708,749 $2,764 19 26 Zavalla 665 15499 96% $1,816,084 $2,731 23 27 Magnolia 1249 35035 86% $3,391,091 $2,715 28 28 Alvarado 4188 83348 79% $11,134,344 $2,659 20 29 Brownsboro 837 17763 91% $2,203,938 $2,633 21 30 Driscoll 802 10353 71% $2,092,793 $2,609 13 31 Rhome 1051 21390 82% $2,731,994 $2,599 20 32 Kemah 2498 45532 83% $6,421,907 $2,571 18 33 Corrigan 1872 28235 83% $4,548,346 $2,430 15 34 Coffee City 207 4566 80% $499,477 $2,413 22 35 Itasca 1696 31532 85% $4,040,627 $2,382 19 36 Eustace 925 14406 77% $2,172,573 $2,349 16 37 Rogers 1138 18659 91% $2,653,569 $2,332 16 38 Southside Place 1667 34778 80% $3,782,674 $2,269 21 39 Calvert 1358 27655 97% $3,070,273 $2,261 20 40 Selma 4632 86332 87% $10,352,606 $2,235 19 This was calculated from data from the Texas Office of Court Administration’s Trial Court Judicial Data Management System. Research Courtesy: Aren Cambre - http://www.arencambre.com
#2•May 12, 2011•Report Abuse
I got stopped in Estelline by their two-bit RUDE OBNOXIOUS SO CALLED police officer. I was driving side by side with another car when I saw the speed limit sign and hit my brakes to slow...so did the other car...the policeman pulled both of us over. I told him I was slowing but he told me I was going six miles an hour over the speed limit....I said nothing else to him at all. When he returned he handed me a clip board with my ticket on it and told me to sign it. I took the ciip board (without saying a word) took the ticket of it ...turned it over and looked at the back of it put it back in the clipboard and signed it...handed it to the cop. He went crazy on me yelling "That is my clipboard not yours You don't have the right to take anything out of it">..>I said what ever and drove off...He ran back to his car and pulled me over again, yelling and cussing at me saying he should arrest me. Fortunately he didn't but now that I think of it I wish he had because the other driver in the other car he stopped witnessed the first stop..
#3•Aug 30, 2012•Report Abuse

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