Lawrence, Kansas Speed Traps
Tennessee Street near 17th Street
If youre driving down Tennessee the only way you can to 19th Street, watch out when you pass all the Fraternities and Sororities, cause once you start down the little hill at around 17th and Tennessee, cops like to park on the side of Tennessee and shoot radar from behind and pull people over like crazy. A couple of my friends and myself have been pulled over there.
Massachusetts Street near 18th Street
right behind the church on the east side of the road police sit and check speeds on a street which is marked 30 mph but is two lanes and the signs are few and far between.
Iowa Street near 23rd Street
If you’re driving down Iowa St. towards 23rd St, there is usually a cop on the right, parked at Higuchi Biological Sciences entrance (the last building before the soccer fields). He’ll sit there checking speeds as motorists come down the hill.
1400 East (Wellman Road) County line to Jct w/US59
55 mph until enter Douglas County then Last one mile stretch to US 59 drops to 45 mph but has orange signs stating 35mph New home builders built driveways on downhill side creating hazard