Johnson City, Tennessee Speed Traps

At start of Johnson City city limits speed drops suddenly from 45 MPH to 30 MPH; even though this is a 3-lane highway with passing in left of southbound lanes. Only ONE speed limit sign at city limits sign. State troopers/JC PD hide in front of closed bar at bank of land that occludes their vision until almost right beside them.

THe Bristol Highway and anywhere on the bristol highway from johnson city into piney flats and all the way to bristol,tn is one big giant speed trap and its patrolled all day and all night and it might just be the biggest speed trap in johnson city period

Police are always sitting on this road and this road is known to be one of the largest speed traps in Johnson city. The speed limit is just 30.Its a joke.The police write lots and lots of tickets on this road and hang out in the road runner gas station at the end on princeton road

From university parkway onto interstate going toward elizabethton the speed limit is just 45 miles per hour for a long stretch..Police always have people pulled over in this stretch of the highway before the speed limit jumps up.

You are going 45mph leaving Carter County entering Johnson City limits which has been moved out to a rural area of 30 mph. The highway is three lane straight,sparse population. The J.C. along with the Highway Patrol park in hidden spots and stop many speeders daily. They are making thousands of dollars from Carter County residents going to work or for other reasons need to go to J.C. There is absolutely no reason for a reduction in speed at this point. Few if any accidents are reported in this area, nor were there before they lowered the speed limit.