Mineola, Texas Speed Traps
US 80 between Mineola east to Hawkins
State troopers always patrol this strip. They park by the railroad tracks at hwys 80 and 2422, and in the gravel parking lot at old abandoned store on S side of 80 in Hoarde. Often they are rolling E or W on 80, to radar oncoming traffic. They monitor the long river bottom E of Hoarde.
Local yokels in Mineola regularly stop westbound incoming cars where the speed drops from 70 to 60, 50, 40, and 30 in a short distance. They also watch for and catch eastbound cars that speed up too quickly in, or coming out of, the 30 zone from the light at 80 and 69.
On East Loop 564 between Hwy 80 east and Hwy 37
Speed limit is 55 mph and the trap is in the area of the City Baseball Complex that backs up to the Loop between Hwy 49 and Hwy 37. Because of the hills and curves the Highway Patrol can sit at the bottom of one hill and catch cars from either direction without being see until you are within a few hundred yards either direction. The rest of the loop has speed limits up to 70 mph.
US Highway 80 near State Highway 37
Trap is highest on Hwy. 80 West of Mineola. The speed limit stays at 50 m.p.h. after the golf course on the right, which is deceiving to the visitor for this area is four lane and has the appearance of leaving town….Beware!