Las Vegas, Nevada Speed Traps

Watch out driving on Torrey Pines between the overpass over the 95 and Charleston Blvd. I have seen Metro there (usually motorcycle cops) running radar. When you are traveling south on Torrey Pines and crest the overpass the speed limit changes in the middle of the overpass from 35mph to 25mph. People are usually driving 20 miles over the speed limit. The motorcycle cops will hide behind cars, sit in the parking lot of Garside Pool, or the school parking lot, or in the parking lot of Rose Warren Elementary School. I have seen Metro there at all hours. If you speed on that section of Torrey Pines chances are you will get a ticket.

At least 3-4 bike officers sit in the parking lots at the bottom of the hill when coming off the DI arterial, waiting for people to come over the hill and nail them. The speed limit is 45 MPH, which is reasonable, but where they do the enforcement is pretty unreasonable.

Only after business hours. From Rusell Street to Sahara

There is a parking lot about 2 blocks South of Desert Inn on Eastern, in which a minimum of 2 bike officers hide behind a planter filled with bushes. The speed limit is 45 MPH on Eastern south of Flamingo, but switches to 35 MPH north of Flamingo. The signs are not overly visible, and there is no change in the quality of the street. If anything, the street is wider and better kept than any other part of Eastern. I’ve never been pulled over there, but I see people pulled over almost every day.

From Cheyenne north on Tenaya (just past Target) the speed limit is 25. There are 2 lanes on each side and the speed limit should be at least 35 (it changes to 35 just a block north and the conditions are the same). About 50% or more of the time I go through there I see someone stopped and usually more than one person at a time. They will stop you if you are going 5 miles over.