Fairfield, Texas Speed Traps

Beware exiting the ramp to quickly, any traffic violations. City officers are emptying their ticket books and some are intentionally targeting people that seem to be from out of town.

I was ticketed for a rolling stop in midnight. I was a police officer, and I know the law. I stopped for more than 5 seconds, checked my location and proceeded. The officer verified I was from Houston, then wrote me the citation.

I grew up in Fairfield from birth for the next 20 years. The whole town is a speed trap. Don’t speed anywhere. The police, sheriff’s, constables, and DPS know EVERYONE. The locals MAY but not likey get a warning but if you are from out of town there is no way around a citation. They have nothing more to do and plenty of law enforcement to patrol. The game wardens even get in on the action occasionally.

As you come into town heading north the speed drops to 55 mph. They catch you coming over a hill as you cross the 55 mph marker, even when you are decelerating aggressively. They gave me a ticket for 8 mph over the speed limit. I was decelerating with my foot on the break. COLD!!!! and told the officer so. Told him I was going to stop for gas and lunch. Asked him how I could get out of town the quickest and never return, never spend money there and tell everyone. He denied their town is a speed trap. They were already on the list.

As you are coming into Fairfield, TX on State Hwy 84 West
the local police set about 30 yards of the Hwy. in an oilfield service parking lot just past where the speed limit changes from 70 mph to 55 mph.

Set-up is under the bridge facing the on coming North bound traffic. The chase normally ends across from “Love’s”” fuel station on the north bound side across from the FM 27 intrance ramp.”