No matter where speed traps are, if you stay within the posted speeds you won't get ticketed. Know where the hot speed zones are before you set out on a trip.
Enter Texas Senate Bill 1665. Under current Texas law, cities can reduce speed limits in residential areas to 25 miles an hour, but only after engaging in costly and time-intensive traffic studies. This new bill would let cities bypass these requirements.
The speed limit is changing along another stretch of the Winters Freeway in Abilene. Approximately 3.5 miles, between Oil Belt Lane and Waldemar will increase from the current 60 miles per hour to 70. The new signs will be going up soon, but until then motorists are reminded that the posted speed limit will be enforced.
If you're trying to visualize where that stretch of freeway lies, it is the