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Highway Warning if you’re going to Yellowstone on 26! – Shoshoni, Wyoming Police Write Thousands Of Speeding Tickets — But Don’t Call It A Trap
August 25, 2025/
It begs the question of whether prolific ticketing actually improves public safety, or if it’s merely the safest way to sustain a small-town budget.
Although the town of Shoshoni (Shoshoni lies at the intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 26, which together were formerly known as the “Yellowstone Highway”) has a reputation for having a speed trap, the chief of police disputes that. He says the reason 2,372 speeding tickets were issued last year is that people were a threat to public safety and without consequences, you can’t change behavior.
Last year, the Shoshoni police issued 2,372 speeding tickets. The year before that they wrote 2,440. The year before that was 1,985.
