speed trap

noun

: a stretch of road policed by often concealed officers or devices (such as radar) so as to catch speeders

Examples of speed trap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man who said troopers violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from warning motorists about a speed trap. —

CBS News, 4 Sep. 2023 So, not just known for being a speed trap, after all! —

Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 15 July 2023 Then prosecutors sent them to prison - Inside Alabama’s worst speed traps For more news – from sports to education – straight to your inbox, check out our full lineup of newsletters. —

Al.com Staff, al, 25 Apr. 2023 The technology is also useful for air traffic control, highway speed traps and weather forecasting—and it’s not reserved for Earth. —

Briley Lewis, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2023 In 2019, a prosecutor determined the city's Police Department violated Arkansas' speed trap law. —

Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2023 Experts compared the process to a speed trap where violators get warnings but rarely tickets. —

Rachel Axon, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2022 The town, home to nearly 1,300 people, is another northwest Alabama speed trap, between Huntsville and the Shoals. —

Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2022 These top three form a sort of Orion’s Belt of speed trap towns, as all three are on a 15-mile stretch of that highway in northwest Alabama. —

Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2022 See More

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