San Mateo, California Speed Traps

Watch your speed going down the hill toward Alameda. Cops frequently positioned off the road on south side streets. People get nailed going up too fast, too.

Police can be spotted on any number of the side roads off of Hillsdale Blvd. to nail speeders heading downhill towards El Camino. The speed limit is 25 mph but impossible to do unless you want to ride your brakes for a mile or so. There are a number of signs to post the speed limit so talking your way out of a ticket is nearly impossible. Be extra careful if you have a older car or truck, it’s a fairly affluent neighborhood so you will be definitely targeted.

Motor cycle cops hiding on sidestreets. The speed limit here is 25 mph, 40 mph traffic speed is common. There is a stop-sign on Crystal Springs at Stonehendge, and the cyclecops hide on the San Mateo side of Crystal Springs where they watch both the stopsign (often run) and traffic.

This section of road is the City of San Mateo on one side, and Hillsborough (home of the rich and famous) on the other. Every car I’ve seem pulled over has been either a van or an SUV with a car seat in it (including mine :-(! This is the most direct route to and from three San Mateo public schools and all of the schools in Hillsbourgh.