This is a nighttime speed trap, for the City of Mountlake Terrace’s cruisers are black, and their flashers are a low height. Just past the traffic light at (no surprise here) the bottom of a hill, there’s a blacktopped spot that’s slightly larger than the size of the cruiser. I think it’s for the Interurban Trail, which is not lit at night. The officer merely backs in, turns off their headlights, and sits in wait for somebody who’s not paying attention to their speed going down the hill. I saw one get nabbed going westbound, but one could also be nailed going down the hill going eastbound as well, although they’d have to shoot through their windshield.