Bellevue, Washington Speed Traps

As you turn north off of Main from the Botanical Gardens, there is a speed sign in the distance (1000 feet.) A giant "Your Speed" will flash at speeds above 30 MPH. The officers hide in the bushes near NE 3rd PL. Worse yet they hide their vehicles one block to the west of 124 NE in a neighborhood cul-du-sac. The speed sign is prone to erroneous readings by occasionally capturing the speed of southbound vehicles. But there you are traveling northbound. The officers observe the sign, step out from the bushes and flag you down. The judge will make it clear to everyone who comes to traffic court, you must disprove the officers written testimony in order to overturn the ticket. We never saw a radar gun, but the officer provided a number for a radar "unit". The speed is 25 MPH on all roads in Washington state, unless otherwise posted. And man can they write a lot of tickets. The slight downward slope in the road makes for some pretty good revenue.

Trap is midway on 164th Ave NE between NE 24th St. and NE 30th St. Motorcycle police hide out of sight and step forward with radar gun on the approach of traffic. Speed limit changes to 25 MPH on this stretch of road. The speed limit sign is covered by tree limbs and a zoning sign further blocks visibility of the sign and no effort has been made by the city to change the situation and is exploited by the Bellevue police. I can provide photographs of the speed sign if anyone is interested.

Bellevue Police Dept motorcycle officer typically hides behind the hedges of the Home Depot parking lot that parallel this stretch of NE 120th. The typical scenario is where the motorist is coming off of 116th turning onto and going uphill on NE 1st, then decends downhill (at the point that NE 1st changes to NE 120th)picking up speed and of course exceeding the 25 mph posted limit (most people are doing 35 at this point).

Officers are on foot with a radar gun, they wave at you from a distance, signalling to pull over.

Northbound, as you pass the intersection of I90 and 405, the trooper will be parked on the right, in the grass, where westbound I90 traffic merges into 405 N. Keep an eye before you crest the hill.