Jurisdiction

Black Canyon City, Arizona

Speed Trap Location

Interstate 17

Nearest Reference Point

Exit Number 244

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

12/2003

The predominant method of enforcement is K/Ka band Radar usage by AZ DPS and occasionally Yavapai County Sheriffs Office (YCSO). Most of the time they enforce the speed limit on the southbound traffic of I-17 just prior to the first exit (#244) for Black Canyon City as you hit the crest of a small rise.

Comment (4/2004): I see DPS here all the time. It works in both directions as SB traffic is coming over a hill, and NB traffic is coming around a curve.

Comment (12/2004): It is not just those exit numbers where DPS hides on the on-ramps--it is any one of them all along I-17; and, as you travel I-17, look for the "no U-turn" signs, which allow police offiers to jump the median to do their legal U-turn to nab speeders; sometimes they are parked in the media there.

Jurisdiction

Black Canyon City, Arizona

Speed Trap Location

Interstate 17

Nearest Reference Point

Exit Number 242

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Radar, Vascar

Date

12/2003

AZ DPS will normally sit under the over pass or at the ON ramps of this exit and K/KA band Radar you from behind. Additionally if you see Orange Cones at the On ramp and beyond Watch OUT. They are doing time and distance on you and any detector won't help you.

Comment (4/2004): I see DPS here all the time. It works in both directions as SB traffic is coming over a hill, and NB traffic is coming around a curve.

Comment (12/2004): It is not just those exit numbers where DPS hides on the on-ramps--it is any one of them all along I-17; and, as you travel I-17, look for the "no U-turn" signs, which allow police offiers to jump the median to do their legal U-turn to nab speeders; sometimes they are parked in the media there.

Comment (4/2004): I see DPS here all the time. It works in both directions as SB traffic is coming over a hill, and NB traffic is coming around a curve.

Comment (12/2004): It is not just those exit numbers where DPS hides on the on-ramps--it is any one of them all along I-17; and, as you travel I-17, look for the "no U-turn" signs, which allow police offiers to jump the median to do their legal U-turn to nab speeders; sometimes they are parked in the media there.