New Bern, North Carolina Speed Traps

The entirety of Country Club Road has a speed limit of 35mph; b/c it runs from Hwy 70 all the way to Hwy 17/MLK Dr. it is a favorite spot for Trent Woods Police, New Bern City Police, and even State Patrols (depending on where you are along the road). Most recently, police have been targeting people as they come off of Hwy 70 and driving over the bypass.

Red Robin lane is a cut through between Martin Luther King blvd and Trent Road. Speed limit is 25 mph, which provides a speed trap situation for city police. Many tickets issued.

Simmons St., between Neuse Blvd. and Oaks Rd. The nature of the road makes you think it’s at least a 45 mph limit but it’s actually 35. At the time I got my ticket a few years ago, there was no speed limit sign, so you are to ‘assume’ it is 35, which is the town’s unposted speed limit. I know others who have received tickets here as well.

New Bern paper (Sun Journal) printed a large article (front page) touting LIDAR enforcement, showing officer clocking westbound traffic on US 70 Bypass from Pembroke overpass. Article stated that 35 tickets were issued the first afternoon the speed trap was in action. LIDAR trap utilizes three troopers positioned on on-ramp as interceptors with a remote officer clocking cars and gather vehicle/driver descriptions. Glenburnie exit for eastbound US 70 Bypass is a more dubious location, as it is within one mile of a transistion from 70 mph to 55 mph. Watch especially for a cruiser/suburban parked on bridge to shield/protect remote officer from oncoming (cross-bridge) traffic.

State Troopers constantly patrol this area, it ia 50 MPH zone, with heavy traffic during the rush hours. The use marked, slick top, unmarked chargers, dummy cars and now hide in sleect spots using a Laser Radar. Very much a hot spot. It is not reccommended to speed over 5mph there!