Ankeny, Iowa Speed Traps
Delaware Avenue
Every morning down Delaware Avenue officer there with radar.
2/2008
State Highway 415 near NW 98th Avenue
Ankeny cops park on NW 99 TH AV, just out of sight and stop cars going both directions on Highway 415. I have seen them on several different days between 6:30 and 8:00 a.m. They also do this on some weekends. This road gets a lot of lake traffic, so they stop speeders and then also check them for drunk driving.
Interstate I-35 near Exit Number 89
The normal speed limit on insterstate highways in Iowa is 70. By the cities, it drops to 65, and due to construction a couple miles from this location, it drops to 55. This is a new exit and overpass. The local city has annexed this area, and therefore the local city cops will sit hidden on top of this overpass and catch people. They are doing this a couple times a week during the day. I don’t know if they are doing it at any other times.
Southwest Irvinedale Drive near Southwest Oralabor Road
They patrol mostly between the John Deere Plant and Oralabor Rd the speed limit is 45. I don’t think it is clearly marked.
SE Delaware Street
Cops are illegally parked on a private drive that leads to a retirement home. Once they stop somebody, they then contribute to traffic congestion. Cops selectively inforce laws in Ankeny, Iowa. Beware.