Venus, Texas Speed Traps

On that stretch of highway, the speed limit drops significantly and lots of cops hide in the turnarounds, especially in the evenings. They drive SUV cars with gray details on top of black paint and turn off their lights to hide. There will be anywhere between 1-6 cops hiding in that stretch of highway on any given night.

I haven’t been pulled over because I am well aware of the tricks the Venus police use. I have seen them on the side of the road with their hazards flashing and their trunk lid up to hide the fact that they are a police car. The officer crouches down beside the car and shoots radar at oncoming traffic. I have also seen them do this with the hood raised and the officer is acting like he is working on the engine but he is using his radar gun instead.

Officer will sit in parking lot of apartment complex (parked in a fire zone) and will shoot radar on traffic on FM 157 both directions. They will also use the radar on road between the schools from the same spot. I beat the ticket in court because the angle is too steep to have a accurate reading if you are on the road between the schools and they are in the apartment complex. Speed limit is 20 MPH on all roads.

Southbound when entering Venus, the speed limit changes from 70 mph to 55 mph per the police department, however there is no posted speed limit sign. Fight it in court and you will win.. I have, the court knows this but refuses to have a posted sign installed. Northbound is marked 55 mph when leaving from Hwy 67.

Coming from Alvarado on 67 where the speed is 65, they have removed the 55 miles an hour sign as you approach town. you go from 65 to 50. This will catch many people off guard.