Apparently, we’re number one. The number one speed trap city in America, that is.
Houston, TX
Speed traps: 373And the winning city is from … Texas!
Seriously, the speed traps in Texas are so bad, Dornsife said, “any place in Texas could be No. 1.”
Drivers note on Speedtrap.org that there are traps set at the Houston city limits and near attractions like the Astrodome. And, the speed limit can change rapidly and dramatically. One motorist wrote that entering the city on Highway 59 North, the speed limit dropped suddenly to 55 from 70. Just as the motorist noticed the speed-limit change on his GPS, BAM! There was a speed trap.
The number of tickets was even more staggering when the economy was bad: In March of last year, KTRK Channel 13 found that Houston police officers wrote about 3,000 tickets per day, or 147 an hour!
Well, as our experience with the red light cameras showed, even if we know we’re going to get caught, a lot of people in this town don’t moderate their driving habits. News Watch and Hair Balls have more.