Anchorage, Alaska Speed Traps

Not so much a speed trap but rather a prolific spot to catch stop sign runners. Lore Road at Petersburg is a three-way stop. Police will park on Petersburg about 200 feet from the intersection. Drivers travelling West on Lore are targeted. Drivers’ views are obstructed by a fence and often make a rolling stop at that stop sign. By the time you see the cop, you are already through the stop sign and they light you up immediately.

Unmarked black cruiser sits somewhere on Brayton around the American Legion or a bit further North. Speed limit is 45 mph, though most people try to get up to highway speeds since they are travelling parallel to the Seward Highway. Almost every morning, the cop has a customer.

This is a school zone that is targeted when the school zone lights are flashing. Usually directed at Southbound Minnesota Traffic, although sometimes northbound as well. The officer, sometimes a car sometimes a motorcycle, usually will hide behind the fence just past the Romig Middle School zone, before the gas station at Minnesota and Northern Lights Blvd.

Unmarked sits on private property at strip mall (allstate and Kaladi coffee) just after you round the bend in the morning on weekdays. Usually black chevrolet. This is one their favorite spots.

The police will sit on the southbound on ramp, just far enough down so that the southbound traffic cannot see them. It’s a wide open shot for a mile.