Jurisdiction

Elko County, Nevada

Speed Trap Location

Pequop Summit & Silver Zone Pass

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Some

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

4/2002

Between mile markers 375 and 378, the east and westbnd lanes of I-80 split far apart to accomodate the route over the pass through a narrow canyon. As you move up in elevation, the landscape changes from open range/brush to pinions and junipers. The NHP uses well-concealed service roads in the wide median to check speeds. Have seen as many as 3 cars in there at once. Same thing occurs at Silver Zone pass to the east around mile markers 389 to about 392, to a lesser degree. Take your detector warnings very seriously out here, I had 7 miles of warning. To be fair, I've always found NHP to be quite reasonable.

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.

Jurisdiction

Elko County, Nevada

Speed Trap Location

Interstate 80

Nearest Reference Point

Exit Number 282

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Unknown

Date

1/2006

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.

Jurisdiction

Elko County, Nevada

Speed Trap Location

Interstate 80

Nearest Reference Point

Mile Marker 325

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Some

Type of Enforcement

Airplane

Date

08/2008

Patrolled by NHP airplane. They use clock times (no radar).

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.

Comment (7/2002): I got a ticket in this same spot in 1993. NHP was good to me also. I was going about 115mph and was ticketed for only 75mph. ( the limit was 65mph back then)

Comment (10/2002): I got a ticket going over 90 mph when I STARTED passing a truck. Trooper gave me a ticket for 80 in a 75. I didn't mean to be speeding just had been 4 wheeling all weekend and didn't think my car would go 100 mph! He was very nice and said he's hard-nosed and would give me a ticket regardless. Tickets in Nevada are $400 or more for speeding 10 mph or over!

Comment (9/2003): I just received a ticket for going 104 in a 75 mph area. I was about 5 - 10 miles west of West Wendover, NV heading east. I took my seat belt off to get out of my car as the officer approached. He was mad because I did that. He wanted to make sure I was driving with it off. I couldn't find my insurance information because I can't reach over to my glove compartment since I have a very disabled sholder from being WIA. He didn't ticket me for that. If I thought he would I would have gotten out of the my car and walked over the passanger seat to look. My wife has Alzheimer's and could not understand what to look for. I do not believe I was going that fast. My wife would read every sign that gave the speed limit and then check to see how fast I was driving. The road was wide open and little traffic. On the way back to San Francisco I was very careful not to speed and kept it as close to 75 as I could. Then I got pulled over again because, as the officer said, the posted speed was reduced to 65. I couldn't confirm that posting without driving 25 miles ahead to the offramp and returning to the sign. That is at least 50 miles of driving to check.