It is not one big speed trap, I travel the route regularly and all speed zones are clearly marked, with advance notice of reductions from highway speed.
The problems are two:
1. Oklahoma is a strict enforcement state. No 10 to 15 mph over speed limits is built into the law, and most departments don't allow a margin. This is troublesome to out of state drivers who routinely run over the limit, with the idea that someone going even faster will be stopped instead of them.
2. There are several sections on US-69 and US-75 inside of town where you've already been slowed to 45 or 35, and there are fewer roadside businesses, so you think you've gotten back onto the open highway. You haven't, the next intersection is just over the hill or around the curve. Don't speed up until you see a sign with a higher speed limit.
Up until the late 1980's, Stringtown was running a genuine speed trap (sharp reduction in a blind spot, no advance notice) but the Attorney General shut it down.
Might as well warn about a couple of other laws for which you might be accustomed to lax enforcement or some tolerance in your home state. We are zero tolerance on the "move over" law, possession of illegal drugs and other controlled substances, driving under the influence, and having alcohol accessible in the passenger area of a car. The state has recently started enforcing use of the passing lane for passing only.
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I agree with tatest, it is NOT a big speedtrap. I've driven US69 litterally hundreds of times on trips to Dallas, and never had a speeding ticket. Obey the signs, and you'll have no problem.
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Call it what you want guys, the point being that there are a LOT of police patroling the highway and you'd better not exceed the limits. To see as many people pulled over as I did in a short stretch certainly brought the word "speedtrap" to mind and yes, there was radar being used by patrol cars parked in not-so-obvious places.
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