Itasca, Texas Speed Traps

Officer hides behind bridge pillars using laser. Will ticket for 7mph over.

Police hide in wait near overpass embankments for any vehicle going over the posted limit–no allowance whatsoever. They also cite frequently for driving in the left lane of I35W when not passing; failure to use turn signals when exiting, turning, or passing; no insurance; and not coming to a complete stop–with a pause–at exits from the main highway.

They hide out of site in the bushes or behind bridges and zap you with laser radar. They do NOT give warnings, and give tickets for only a few MPH over the limit. This is pure revenue generation, at it’s worst!!

Itasca, TX: one of the speedtrap capitals of Texas. Watch out, as you drive up or down I-35W near Itasca, because these JOKES of law enforcement officers WILL give you an expensive ticket for going a couple of miles per hour over the speed limit. They rake in over $4 million per year with these tickets, but only pay their full-time ticket officers $27,000 per year…but, then again, I guess they are no better than a parking ticket officer, anyway. They need to spend their time patrolling their own city streets, instead of hiding in the bushes along I-35, to ambush good citizens who accidentally go over the limit by a few MPH.

There are two FM bridges that cross over this area at I-35w, allegedly the first going north bound has the camera. The officer sits in-between these two FM bridges and waits for the command to pursue the trafficker that is going North. And opposite of that FM bridge going South.

Any and all activity in the area ticketed, including especially:
speeding,
improper lane change (judgement call of course, includes proper changes caused by heavy braking by vehicles traveling immediately in front viewing parked policing vehicle),
out of state vehicles,
improperly loaded vehicles.

This location is the most heavily concentrated 5 mile area trap along all of I-35 starting from Fort Worth until North Austin.

The overdue collection office uses heavy handed rude tactics in a completely unprofessional manner, and claims to be a separate entity from the police department.

This should be highlighted by a special star on the map of TX for Interstate speed traps.

This information has been confirmed over a 5 year period from 2005 to 2010