Saint Petersburg, Florida Speed Traps
4 Street near 116 Avenue
Officers sit near the 7-11 on 116th Avenue and 4th Street North. As drivers come off of the I-275 exit there are SEVERAL speed changes, 65 to 55 to 50 to 45. They’ll nab you from 1,500 feet at the 50mph point. Drivers ALWAYS are still going 70mph. Major OP several units waiting for YOU.
Ulmerton Boulevard near Feather Sound
Two cars sort of hiding under the 275 exit. Be careful!
Park Boulevard near Alt. 19
Speed limit drops from 50mph to 35mph for a 1/4 stretch located beside Lake Seminole. Usually 2 Sheriffs shoting laser or radar eastward for westbound traffic. Very Strict enforcement!
54th Street Street near 18th Street
This one runs like clockwork. Several times per month they put a cop out in the median behind the trees and bushes they planted for just this reason. He tags them and then a caravan of cops on a side street give you a ticket.
The kicker is this is right after the exit from the interstate so you’ve got some good momentum, the speed limit is 35mph, and there are 3 schools in a row, so the speed limit goes 70mph (interstate), 45mph, 35mph, 5mph, 35mph, 5mph, 35mph, 5mph, 35mph. No matter what you do, you’re screwed. May as well go 5mph from the interstate to 9th street. On top of that there are some construction barriers (not workers, just barriers – year round) so they’ll double the ticket on top of whatever extra they give you for speeding in a school zone.
I’ve never been snagged there, but on a bad day you’ll see 7-10 cars pulled over on the side streets.