Seattle, Washington Speed Traps

From just north of the U-District to north of Everett I’ve noticed increased State Patrol activity at around 4:45 AM. At the intersection of I-5 and I-405 I’ve seen two pull-overs in two days at the same location. The week before I was pulled over and ticketed by the same State Patrol described below. The State Patrol I’ve noticed is driving northbound from around the U-District, pulling up behind motorists, monitoring their speed and if they are 70 mph or above is pulling them over and ticketing them. No warning, no nothing. Just ticket. I had probably the same guy behind me this morning, but since this has occured I’ve been monitoring my speed. He came up behind me north of Northgate, sat back for a bit, then pulled to the right and cruised by. At the I-405 and I-5 intersection he had caught yet another ‘victim’. I’m going to be posting this info to as many speed trap websites as I can find, please be sure to distribute this information to others who may be affected.

I see on the average of one or two police vehicles parked on the side of the road every SINGLE time I drive on Lake City Way. It gets worse at night where I might see two speed traps within 2 miles of each other. They mainly use instant-on K-band radar guns, and they ticket like mad. I’m pretty sure these guys have quotas. The speed limit on the lower part of Lake City Way is 35 MPH … This is a busy 4 lane road … 2 lanes in each direction … I think anything up to 55 MPH would be safe here! The whole situation is exploitive and absurd.

As you enter Sea-Tac airport you will see a large concrete structure with a clock and sign that says "Welcome to Sea-Tac Airport". Behind this sign, there is often a police cruiser clocking people as they go by. (K-band radar) After you get off the freeway you get onto a wide 5-lane road one-way. The posted speedlimit is 40MPH and becomes 25MPH as you approach the terminal. I would say 60MPH on this road is safe due to relative straightness and width. 40MPH feels ludicrously slow on this road and the cops are out there to exploit the hell out of you when you go faster. Be warned!

LONG down hill eastbound, with MOTO patrol on the north side in a church pkng lot or small side street. I’ve seen this more often than the mentioned one on "Aurora" from ~ the GWB (George Washington Bridge or "aurora bridge") to 50th. eddisc

There are WSP cars hiding behind the barricade used for shutting off the northbound express lane.