Franklin Park, Pennsylvania Speed Traps

This is the location that appears on my citation. The police have always have been hiding around Clover Hill Golf Course. Lately all of Reis Run Road is one big Speed Trap. In the last two days I have seen the police stop four people, I being one of them. This is more than I’ve seen in the last twenty years. This is a revenue generator. Franklin Parks police have replaced their cars with BIG black SUVs. I guess they have to pay for them somehow.

Local cop is permanently stationed at school during times of school zone speed restrictions. This is nothing but a revenue raising scheme, as not one child walks to school. I have even witnessed a student being picked up by a school bus at a driveway next to the school. Most residents know about this, so the cop gets bored and will chase you down just to give you a warning for ging 1 MPH over.

The other night, I was traveling down Brandt School Road heading towards McCandless at about 1:45 a.m. and observed a Franklin Park cruiser sitting in a parking lot off to the left, about a quarter mile from Route 910. His parking lights were on and he had a clear view of a set of VASCAR lines. Franklin Park cruisers are black, so, be careful at night. The posted speed limit was 35 mph. I had a feeling that somewhere along Brandt School, a cruiser would be sitting, so, I was doing 35 mph on the dot, so, he left me alone. Brandt School is a windy road with many hills and many VASCAR lines. The road eventually lands you in McCandless Township and into the jurisdiction of a very tough police force that loves watching VASCAR and writing tickets. McCandless is notorious for NOT giving warnings. Be careful on this road, especially at night, as there are a lot of very dark side roads and cut-outs where cops could be hiding.