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I have my own definition of a speed trap. It is where an alert motorist who already knew of "enhanced enforcement" and was going to extraordinary measures to stay within the law was unable to do so.

Case in point.
Traveling the Interstate from Pittsburgh, PA to Wheeling, WVA, I was driving 5mph under the posted limit from the minute that I crossed the WVA line. I was in a rental car and didn't want to risk being ticketed because the rental's speedometer was off a couple of miles per hour.

I exited the interstate, went up the exit ramp and stopped at the stop sign at the top. I turned right and in less than 100 yards, the local LEO lit me up, coming out of a used car lot. I was ticketed for 30mph in a 25mph zone. The road that I was on certainly didn't appear to be a 25mph road but, even looking very carefully, I didn't see a speed limit sign. After I received my citation, I physically walked back to the corner that I had just passed. There was a 25mph sign but it was less than 2 feet BEHIND a much larger sign showing the name of the town. No reasonable driver would have ever seen the mph sign because it would have been necessary to come to a dead stop and look directly sideways at an exact point to do so - something that no reasonable driver would ever do, having just stopped for the exit ramp less than 20 feet before.

I was warned by the LEO that I had to post the equivalent of the ticket in cash before I left WVA or risk a bench warrant being issued for me. I immediately drove to the town's municipal building and paid the fine. There was quite a line ahead of me - all from the same location.

Now THAT is a speed trap.