Addison, Illinois Speed Traps

At Thornton’s gas station, across from 5th Avenue, cops like to hide in between pumps with their lights off & radar drivers.

It’s an industrial place and the speed limit is way too low. The cops are in the parking lots with their lights turned off.

Addison police sit in the parking lots of the warehouses on the east side. Speed limit is 35 which is still too low. About a year ago it was raised from 30. Definitely meant for revenue. My daughter’s car broke down along that stretch and an Addison cop was writing a ticket and wouldn’t come to help her. When he did finally come over, he threatened to have the car towed if she couldn’t get it off the street. Then when we pushed it into a parking lot, he didn’t help, just sat in his squad and watched.

Just south of the Thorndale/ Elgin Ohare exit is a turn around for Authorizied Vehicles Only that is sometimes occupied by a pair of State Troopers facing opposite directions clocking radar. I’ve never seen them chase anyoneout of the box, but I’ve cars pulled over on both sides of this highway.

At the Authorized Vehicles Only turn around at the I-355 and Army Trail exit, just north of the toll booth; I’ve seen 2 marked state troopers sitting oppisite from each other at various times of the day. Most of the time it seems that they might be disscusing their next doughnut break, but often I see someone around this area who got pulled over.