speed trap
Concealed enforcement zone
A speed trap is a stretch of road where police monitor for speeding violations, often in locations where drivers are likely to exceed the limit—downhill slopes, transitions between speed zones, or areas with artificially low limits.
The term implies opportunistic enforcement aimed at generating ticket revenue rather than improving safety: Watch out for the speed trap on Route 9.
- moving violationIllegal act while driving
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- warningAlert about danger
ticket · lurking · roadblock · enforcement · revenue · gotcha · cash grab · citation · state troopers · police cruiser · traffic stop · siren · brake · slow down · roadside · stakeout · policing · monitoring
- speedinghighway patrol, radar gun, posted limit
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- small townmayor, town square, council, general store, diner
- Traffic Enforcementtraffic cop, traffic citation, traffic stop, traffic violation, parking ticket
- Traffic Policetraffic cop, traffic stop, patrol car, traffic stops, highway patrol
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time
speed trappolice escort
Officers accompanying for safety
roadside assistance · fair warning · construction zone · open highway
speed, trap, speedy, trapped, speeding, traps, trapping, speeds, entrap