US Highway 60 near State Highway 103

Van Buren, Missouri•Jul 11, 2004•2 Comments

First of all, the 45-MPH speed limit on US60 in Van Buren is a little bit ridiculous, as I think 50 or 55 at that point would be safe (US60 west of Van Buren is 60 MPH and 65 MPH east of Van Buren, BTW), but it’s pretty strictly enforced.

However, that’s not the main thing to watch out for. Van Buren’s police department is comprised of nothing but a bunch of good ol’ boys who will pretty much do whatever they want to to anyone they want to (well, at least one of ’em is like this, as I shall explain), and the Carter County court is in cahoots with ’em the whole way.

Case in point: A good friend of my fiance was passing through Van Buren not too long ago when one of Van Buren’s finest got right on her bumper trying to make her slip up so that they could write her up. She held in there firm and was obeying the speed limit and such. Well he then sped around her and passed her and then slowed down enough to where she had no choice but to either pass him or tailgate him, so she slowed down, and then he pulled over into the passing lane, let her around, and then pulled her over and fined her $82 for following too closely.

This was clearly a bogus charge and nothing but uncalled-for harassment. She took him to court, and guess whose side the court was on, never mind the fact that the officer was resorting to such underhanded tactics such as this to make some $$$ for the Van Buren Police Department.
Cops like him are an outright DISGRACE to law enforcement officials everywhere.

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ok well it is not 45 it is 55 so the one who has posted this has there info wrong
#1•Jul 20, 2010•Report Abuse
UPDATE: I'm the one who originally posted this about 10 years ago. At the time, the speed limit was 45 MPH through Van Buren, as US60 through Van Buren was only a 2-lane road at the time. However, just a few short years later, US60 was upgraded to 4 lanes all the way from Republic (suburb of Springfield) to Charleston in far southeast Missouri, including through Van Buren. Along with the 4-lane upgrade, the city of Van Buren did indeed raise their speed limit through town to 55 MPH, with a 65-MPH limit on either side of town. For the record, I have been through Van Buren numerous times since I typed this and have NEVER been pulled over by the Van Buren PD -- namely because I set the cheater (the cruise control) to 55 MPH when passing through there to keep myself from speeding. Now if they were to start trying to determine that I was cheating by using my cruise control through there, then yeah, they'd easily be able to finally nab me after all these years of cheating in order to obey their speed limits. LOL
#2•May 09, 2014•Report Abuse

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