Las Vegas, Nevada Speed Traps

State Troopers will nail you in this area as fast as they can write em. Saw Troopers using Laser and Radar. I see multiple Troopers every day with someone pulled over in this stretch leading into Las Vegas. They seem to prefer Northbound Tourist but I have seen them on the Southbound side as well.

Going westbound on Sahara as you approach Paseo Del Prado there are 4 westbound travel lanes. Then the one closest to the curb suddenly becomes a right turn only lane. The cops hide in the parking lot just west of the intersection and if you’re not over quick enough they will stop you and write you a ticket for everything they can find. So, make sure your tires are in good shape. They go way overboard. The lane needs to be better marked.

On North Decatur between the 215 & Ann Rd. or Lone Mountain, periodically there are motorcycle cops with radar hiding out to enforce the speed limit, even though that stretch of road is a downhill/uphill area. There were 3 of them around 7:30-8:30 pm, on weeknights, but I’ve seen them before in the morning on weekdays–hiding out. Be careful! Also, the west side of Decatur is the City of Las Vegas & the east side is the City of North Las Vegas, if you’re into jurisdictional issues.

A motorcycle cop is using radar from the Lake Mead Blvd overpass above North bound US 95 and other motorcycle cops are waiting on the North bound on ramp to ticket the speaders identified by the cop on the overpass

On Saturday, 02/28/09, two mortorcycle cops with radar guns were catching motorists headed northbound on Durango Dr. between Diablo Ave. and Hacienda Ave. This is where the speed limit suddenly drops from 45 mph to 35 mph in both directions. A high volume of traffic citations were being issued. Since it was the last day of the month, perhaps these two officers were doing an end-of-month closeout to generate revenue for their department. Perhaps they each had to hit their monthly quota for issuing traffic citations, like salespeople working on commission.