Raising the Speed Limit is actually safer and causes less traffic congestion.

I lived in the Irving area and most main streets were 30 to 35 mph, come up to Frisco and the main streets are 50 to 55 mph.

City planners have found if you keep traffic moving at a faster pace then you can keep down traffic congestion

Famous speed traps that were shut down.
Estillene Texas.
Stringtown Oklahoma.

Both had one policeman that only wrote tickets. I am not sure what the population of Stringtown is but Estillene was less than 200. But they had the closest liquor store to Childress, Texas. Maybe 1/2 mile the speed limit dropped from 65 to 45. The cop was on station for 8 hours a day.

If it weren't for the liquor store, not sure Estillene would have still existed. I was wondering where the cop was a few weeks ago.

I travel frequently on Texas highways. I like to hold onto my hard-earned money. Therefore, I try to obey posted speed limits, never more than 5 over. Even on a wide-open 75mph highway. I know most of the roads I travel regularly very well. I can tell you where ever speed limit change takes place along DFW to Amarillo on US-287.

What I find annoying is when cities toy with speed limit changes at their edges in areas that really don't need a change (wide open highway.) Things like replacing a 65 to 60 and then bringing it back up to 70 another time. I assure you this occurs. When they do it, they have their man out there working radar hard. Because I am observant, not playing with my phone, I don't get tickets. That doesn't mean it doesn't aggravate me. Those are clearly tricks to catch more people and issue more tickets. No need to play games to generate revenue.

Not whining, I asked if it would stand up in court. And again, I didn't get a ticket, I see this almost daily

Maybe you should read my question. I wasnt whining. IF I get a ticket, I'll accept it IF I was doing wrong.
However, the question wasnt about me, it was about the location where the LEO was parked.

Back in the day Roanoke was known as the worst speed trap around Fort Worth.

You pulled this up from August just to say that?

I drive as fast as I want, when I want and where I want.
I just look at tickets as donations to a good cause.

I had state troopers pull in front of the semi and wait for an idiot on the interstate. ohio, colorado, wyoming and montana did it a lot.

was always fun to watch some aggressive driver get nailed.

So it still a "comeback" if it takes you 7 months to come up with it?

We all know what the speeds are like on that bridge now too. It's a wonder more people aren't killed on it.

Man, surprised to find this topic here but I just happen to have a story about 02/17/2019 and I am currently setup on a court date for this ticket.

I was driving from Irving to Whataburger off I-30 and Beltline RD. I noticed the GPD officer (SUV) parked in the old salvage yard entry running radar on individuals coming into Irving. I know, pick your battles right, well I guess on this day I felt like picking one.

Now some descriptions of the area. Yes the area is a safe area to park, so is the 4 way stop light just before the bridge (GP Dump Entrance) which is still in GP...they don't like that spot because you can see them before you get there though
Just on the Irving side of the bridge is the City Limits Sign, the Old Salvage Yard entrance is about 50-75 yds from this sign.

Anyways, on my way back from Whataburger I see he is no longer there...figured he had someone pulled over and sure enough, between the west Hunter Ferrell Road and the East Hunter Ferrell road he had a small sedan pulled over. Traffic moves over and we pass by him, what do you know, I missed a down shift from 5th to 4th and accidentally hit 2nd and caused my motor to rev to about 6,500 (2017 GT with exhaust). I quickly let up on the throttle, tried to get it back into correct gear but you know how these MT-82's can be and it locked me out as I eased in on the gas, causing my engine to rev a couple more times.

Well as I am passing Townley Elementary school, easily 1 - 1 1/2 miles into Irving and baam, he comes flying up behind me with lights on.I pull over in the turn lane on Russdell and put my hazards on, roll the window down and get my CCW and DL out for him. He walks up to the window "That's real cute, now get your license and insurance out". Of course I already had everything ready so he immediately asked why I felt the need to rev my motor when passing an officer. I explained that I missed a gear which he cut me off and said "Oh, you missed a gear right when you passed an officer". I told him I missed one on the highway as well, new car and new driver to manuals. "Oh, that makes sense" to which I pointed out that it was my belief that "I thought I was in Irving"...and "I thought that side of the bridge back there was in Irving as well".

He did not respond with anything other than "You must not know where the city limits are". Okay, so while he stands there, starring at my insurance I told him that there is no reason to be rude we can talk to each other nice which he immediately refused with "NO, YOU REV YOUR MOTOR AND EXPECT ME TO BE NICE!". So I get quiet but still wanting to make small talk I notice that he has a ton of stubble on his arms which peaks my curiosity and in trying to make small talk I ask, "Hey man, you shave your arms?" which he asked me to repeat so I did but he didn't answer me.

Well 25 minutes later Irving PD shows up, comes and tells me to hang on, I told them "I am happy to see an Irving officer". They chat for about 10 minutes and then Officer Banks (IPD) comes to me and says that "Now we were not here to witness anything so intentional or not we are issuing this citation based off this officers testimony". The Citation was for "No Muffler/Defective" which I ask what that means since I just bought the car from Grapevine Ford and have not touched the exhaust which is still as it came from the factory, "I even have catalytic converters" which the Irving officers responded that the exhaust has to prevent excessive noise which I asked at that point "what is excessive?".

Needless to say I am disputing the ticket, I have a BlackVUE 900 front and rear dash cam with audio which I have reviewed several times. I did ask for the officers name and badge number as I planned on filing a complaint though now I am considering just disputing the ticket and moving along as it is not really worth it. We were both dicks though, there is nothing illegal about being an [censored] nor is there anything illegal about revving your motor. It is taking off or squealing your tires that fall under Exhibition of Performance and Texas does not have a DB rating for exhaust as California does.

First ticket in 9 years but eh, get it taken care of and move on.

I grew up in Wharton... I remember it well.

Speaking of speed traps. Estelline still has theirs. A new mustang in fact.

I lived in Irving for over 40 years, the cops in Irving for the most part treat everyone like trash, I don't know if it what they deal with on a daily basis or how they are trained. I moved to Frisco and police department up here are very nice and respectful and do their best to help you out and have great customer service.

Best thing in Irving is to keep your mouth shut and when you are done get a lawyer to fight a ticket, Get the ticket out of Irving Jurisdiction as well by having it go to Dallas County.

I was in a City Park one day in South Irving and girl backed into me, I asked her for her insurance which she refused and all of sudden she couldn't speak English. So I called the police and the guy began to tell me the property is Private Property and he couldn't do anything, I pointed out to him this is Southwest Park and it is city property and owned by the city, He would have none of this.

Watch out in Calvert, Tx., and really watch out in Woodworth, Louisiana. Calvert hasn’t gotten me yet, but Woodworth did. Probably should just avoid going through Woodworth.

For a time, I was in the MPs in the Marines. Never felt so unloved and unliked in my life. Didn’t take me long to develop an Us versus Them mentality. And nobody shot MPs. It has to be really tough to be a cop these days, worrying about when some doped up yahoo is gonna take a shot at me. If I was in that life I doubt I’d be anything other than jumpy as s___ and strictly business - no unnecessary chit chat.

Even way back then we were told that if we pulled over a woman of any age, do NOT write a warning. Write the ticket, no exceptions. Protection against claims of sexual harassment.

Anyway, I still have no tolerance for speed traps. It’s just wrong. If a cop has the job of bringing in revenue by specifically targeting drivers, he should truly be ashamed. I have no respect for people like that.