The coastal mountains south of Santo Tomas. But, now it's two smooth, wide lanes of asphalt, most of it well striped and marked, winding through hills and valleys reminiscent of the California north of the border. The valley's crops also include olives, corn, wheat, peppers, citrus and cactus fruit. Coastal summit north of San Vicente. I've never heard of traffic radar in Baja, and most towns can't afford police cars.
Topes are cheap.
Besides, they work better than speed traps. If you make your topes high enough, nobody will speed through your town, because they can't. These two legendary topes have since been mashed and scraped down to more normal size by the wheels of heavy trucks and the undersides of unfortunate passenger cars, but at the time they were reputed to be the biggest ever seen on the Baja Highway. Taco stand in San Vicente. We slowed to a crawl as we rolled into town and the first tope appeared.