South Bend City of

Yup, total speed trap city. The signs are designed to confuse drivers. 55 to 40 to 30 in under 0.1 mile, then back to 40mph 0.2 miles later, then 25 for 0.1 mile, then 45, then 55.
Never driving this route again. It’s scenic, but not worth the hassle for drivers who try and obey the posted speeds. If you look like you’re from out of town, you will almost certainly be pulled over.

Watch out for the speed traps on highway 101 in and around south bend. The speed limit goes from 50 to 35 in less than half a mile (that’s 30 seconds of driving). All the revenue they generate is going to large bonus checks for the police chief and city officials. Google «speed trap south bend» to read comments from many victims.
South bend needs to cut the budget of their police department and invest that money into something that will add value and benefit their citizens.

I can only concur with other people’s reviews of this town. Their policing is as far as I am concerned downright corrupt. Despite having broken no rules or laws whatsoever I was pulled over one night by a city cop wearing sunglasses in the dark about a mile out of town. His reason for stopping me was that apparently he had ran my plates and the computer came up with the owner having NO VALID driver’s license. After I proved him wrong he still kept us for what seemed like an hour. The officer proceeded to find a couple of tickets to cite me with anyway. I went to court and the way it works is that if you plead not guilty you have to come back for a trial. So they have you by the balls. It is all about the money. As it turns out The town of South Bend is known for this clear into Oregon and the locals avoid it like the pest.
In the past I have stayed here with my old mom from Denmark in Motels, dined in local restaurants etc. contributing voluntariiy to the local economy. NEVER EVER AGAIN WILL I EVER DRIVE THROUGH SOUTH BEND!

This is purely a speed trap town, the officer who liked like didn’t even graduate from high school and doesn’t know how to hold a radar gun gave me ticket for the speed that I was not going at. I would recommend everyone to stay away from this town and vigilant of their speed. May be enough awareness arises and people follow speed limits and thus no tickets for a month will make this town disappear. Really really pathetic way to make money, go catch some criminals and stop setting up speed traps.

I just got nailed with a $ 154 ticket. Seems like this town’s only function is as a speed trap:
Be careful and slow down. Maybe South Bend will just dry up and disappear.

It’s a speed trap, that’s for sure. Locals know this and most will flash their headlights at on-​coming traffic to warn those drivers of up-​coming «danger» if there’s a cop hiding. (fyi, local authorities need to make a certain amount of ‘contacts’ per hour in order continue to qualify for funding… and then there’s County and State patroling the same area as well, so for God’s sake — use your cruise control.)
Aside from that maddening annoyance, it’s a pretty cute little town. It has a Very interesting history — and the town museum (free) does a Great job showcasing it. The Court House and library are worth checking out if you pass through during a week day. There’s also Plenty to do on the Willapa River and in the Bay (but be careful in the Bay, as it can get a little dicey if you don’t know what you’re doing).

This town’s a bust! Hwy 101 suddenly drops from 55mph to 35mph as you enter city limits. A perfect opportunity for predatory law officer to snag you with a late at night with a radar gun.
I was driving to Long Beach late one evening, slowed down when getting into town. Being the only car on the road and the local police decided to bring in extra revenue by clocking me a few miles over the speed limit which ended up costing me a hefty $ 125 ticket speeding ticket for going 38mph.
The officer said I was going 40mph but I was monitoring my speedometer and he or his equipment needed re-​calibrating. I wasn’t about to return to this revenue starved town to fight my ticket so I paid the full amount.
Tourists beware, slow down, slow way down when entering this sad excuse for an «All American Town» (citizens of South Bend, please excuse me as this review is directed to town officials and not the nice people of South Bend.)
The town police make this town more intolerable than a week old gym sock. The local economy appeared to be in the dumpster.
Now, Mr. South Bend Police Commissioner… if you want to stimulate your dead town’s economy you’d probably want to attract more tourists right???
Handing out tickets to potential visitors going 3 miles over the speed limit who might have stopped in town for dinner, lodging, or lunch doesn’t probably won’t be doing so after being snagged by Mr. Radar trigger finger officer. When you’re a boon dock town like South Bend you have to think smart… not think with a donut hole mentality.
Not only will I no longer think about stopping in South Bend for lunch or gasoline but I also I’ll warn others in Unilocal to stay away. This is the information age… power to the people and down to those who abuse authority.
There’s nothing here, not even a donut shop for the town constable to get a cup of coffee to soak his apple fritter in after a hard night’s work… NOT.