Top 16 Louisiana Cities & Towns Known For Speed Traps

If you have a heavy foot, you may want to use your cruise control when visiting or passing through some of Louisiana's smaller cities and towns. Though most of these places only have one or two single lights, they make up for it by handing out more speeding tickets than anywhere else in the state.

Driver's be advised. If the speed limit says 50. Do 50! It's easy to lose track of your speed when taking in the beautiful sights of Louisiana's Scenic Byways. However, as previously reported by speedtrap.org, ProPublica, and usastreetsblog.org, it's just as easy to get a big fat speeding ticket.

There are places in Louisiana known as "speed trap towns," where the speed zones change rapidly and frequently. So watch it. Some of these areas collect record-setting revenue from speed citations! Do yourself a favor and set your cruise control so you don't get a ticket while enjoying the stunning scenery of rural Louisiana.

Here Are 16 Lousiana Cities & Towns Known For Speed Traps

Grant Parish Village (Colfax, Dry Prong, Pollock, Georgetown, Montgomery, Creola, Rock Hill, and Prospect) - Collected a record-setting 93% of its budget from citation revenue.

Woodworth
A Rapides Parish town known for collecting record-setting citation revenues.

Fenton
A small town that's known as a "speed trap town" because of its sudden speed limit drops. Police officers often wait near the speed limit drop to catch speeders, writing about 16 tickets per day on average.

Baskin - where the speed limit suddenly and drastically drops near a municipality. In 2021, Baskin, along with Dodson, Reeves, Robeline, and Tullos, topped 80% of their budgets from fines and fees

Dodson -A long-standing rep for being a notorious speed trap town. It generated more than half of its revenue from traffic citations with a total of $717 in citation revenue per resident, the fourth highest in the state.

Fisher, McNar, and Merryville - Evelyne Bornier sued the town of McNar after being pulled over and given a citation for 70mph. She invited the officer to bring her Chevy Venture to 70 mph and if he could she'd pay the ticket. He declined. Her argument was her van had a broken suspension system and could barely top 50 mph.

Tickfaw - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic Tickfaw traffic enforcement increased in 2020. During the stay-at-home order, fnes and fees still climbed from $280,000 to $294,000.

Tullos - Notorious for being a speed trap town.