Spokane Valley, Washington Speed Traps

Traveling North on Thierman Road from Sprague toward Broadway (and the on-ramp Eastbound onto I-90), the road looks open and generally light on traffic. No residences and just a few businesses. But beware… the speed limit has become (a ridiculously low) 25 mph between two 35 mph thoroughfares! Motorcycle Cops regularly wait at the side streets to ticket drivers who don’t notice the sign and happily cruise along at 35-40mph toward the I-90 on-ramp.

There are usually 2 cops sitting on this stretch of road that is only 25mph; I got nabbed by a motorcycle cop as he was turning from Pines on to Mansfield at that new light. There is a new turn-about at the West end at Wilbur Rd by the Montgomery Court Apts. Montgomery before the turn about is 30 or 35 then after the turn about it is only 25…they nab people all day long!!!

During the summer the speed limit is 10MPH by the Water Park but is maintained after the park is closed up to about a week even after the school opens. There is a motor cycle cop hiding in the Mission Park waiting to nail anybody over the limit by as little as 5mph. The fine is an automatic $250 because it is considered a school zone.

This is an area where the speed goes from 35 mph to 45 mph. I live nearby and often see cops in unmarked (or marked) cars pulling over violators at any time of the day or evening. The worse area is where you are driving 45 mph and slow to 35 mph; if you do not change your speed fast enough (when you pass the 35 mph sign) you get a ticket … I got one in spite of using my cruise control to keep down my speed … I didn’t release it in time!

As you travel west on Trent Avenue the speed limit drops from 50 mph to 40 mph. There is a point where the highway dips then goes over a bridge (railway undercrossing) which forms a hump in the road. The officers will sit just on the other side of the hump in the center median or blend in a little farther down in a business parking lot on the right side of the road. In either case, you don’t see them until it’s too late. Look for them in a cruiser or a on a motorcycle.