With a state more than 300 miles across, the State Patrol doesn't wander too far from the barracks. Watch your speed on downgrades. Expect cycles and cruisers with K-band radar, few with lasar. Rely on radar detectors to sense the burst as the police time cars ahead of you. During morning rush hours, if traveling against traffic, be on guard.
Unmarked cars are in use.
Milepost 10 Watch for vehicles sitting under the 148th street overpass. Car hides behind dirt mound. Bellevue, WA I-405, Milepost NA Northbound just pass 520 exchange where 520 ramps intersect, officers will sometimes sit hiding behind concrete wall. 5 miles or so east of Cle Elum is the Elk Heights rest area. Cruisers will wait on sweeping curves at bottoms of hills.