Colfax Also Speed Bump

When this town isn’t laboring under the reputation of being America’s biggest speed trap, it’s known as the biggest speed bump in the Palouse.

Sitting in a narrow ravine some 60 high-speed miles south of Spokane, the town and its 25 mph speed laws are well-known to Pullmanbound Washington State University football fans accustomed to hitting the brakes well before the city limits.

Much of the problem was solved in 1993 when the state added a second southbound lane from the south edge of town, ending a bottleneck that often had backed up traffic for miles. Before the change, said Police Chief Barney Buckley, the line of bumper-to-bumper traffic could stretch from downtown to Arrow Machinery nearly five miles to the north.

, DataTimes