NMA Speed Trap Spotlight: Colorado

Colorado speedtrap spotlight

It’s ski season in Colorado, and that means outdoor enthusiasts from all over the country are flocking to the slopes. Visitors typically fly into Denver, rent a vehicle and head out to the various ski resorts. If you’re planning such a winter getaway, take a look at these speed trap hotspots before you go.

This information comes from the NMA’s National Speed Trap Exchange (http://www.speedtrap.org/), a unique website that gives drivers an opportunity to report on and exchange comments about predatory speed traps they have encountered on their travels.

Five Highest Activity Speed Trap Locations

1.     Denver:                 Outbound Pena Blvd from the DIA Parking Lot

81 Reports             91% Acknowledgement Rate*

“Leaving the DIA parking lot, re-entering Pena Blvd, the speed limit is reduced to a ridiculous 25 mph. I looked on Google Maps, and the old speed limit was 45mph. They can get people going 20 over when they normally would have been going the limit! What a scam. There were two cops waiting to the side of the road and pointing people to the shoulder to write them tickets.”

2.     Thornton:              I 25 between 104th Avenue and 84th Avenue

69 Reports             98% Acknowledgement Rate

“One officer stands on the walking bridge just north of 104th with the radar gun while several cars and motorcycles wait for the call to write the ticket.”

3.     Co. Springs:          Barnes

67 Reports             95% Acknowledgement Rate

“Across from Doherty High School.”

4.     Denver:                 1st Avenue and Gilpin St. at Denver Country Club.

61 Reports             93% Acknowledgement Rate

“DPD regularly posts one or two patrol car or MC units at the front entrance to the Denver Country Club located on the south side of 1st Avenue at Gilpin Street. This long 6 lane straightaway is a 30 mph zone. DPD generally target the east bound traffic leaving downtown starting at about 9 pm and run the speed trap till about 2am from Wednesday to Saturday evenings.”

5.     Evergreen:            I-70 Eastbound, East of Exit 254 (Genesee)

55 Reports             98% Acknowledgement Rate

“A cop sits on the right waiting for a speeder coming off the I-70 ramp or going west on Dual highway. At exit 254 the speed limit drops from 65 to 55. That is the beginning of a 6% downhill grade. The highway patrol regularly enforces this with teams of as many as four cars, some of which are unmarked. They often have a radar unit on the overpass at exit 256. If you pass one patrol car, don’t assume you are home free—there will be more.”

Ten Colorado Cities with Most Reported Speed Traps (for the Last Five Years) 

Rank

City

Number   of Speed Traps

Acknowledgement

Rate

1

Denver

107

84%

2

Colorado   Springs

48

 71%

3

Aurora

29

79%

4

Boulder

18

83%

5

Morrison

15

 89%

6

Arvada

15

93%

7

Littleton

15

 89%

8

Thornton

14

90%

9

Centennial

14

 99%

10

Longmont

14

 91%

* Acknowledgement rate is the percentage of yes votes to total votes by motorists indicating whether the reported locations, in their opinions, are actually speed traps. Data are available at the links provided.

About The National Speed Trap Exchange

With the development of The National Speed Trap Exchange (http://www.speedtrap.org/) more than 10 years ago, the National Motorists Association pioneered the use of interactive media to alert motorists to potential speed trap activity in their communities. Since then the site has reported on nearly 80,000 speed traps throughout the United States and Canada.

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