Hometown, Illinois Speed Traps
State Highway Dixie near Holbrook Avenue
There is an empty parking lot on the east side of Dixie after passing Holbrook south bound. Cops are known to wait in there for people speeding by.
Southwest Highway Street
Police park in the commercial parking lot end as any regular car, facing incoming West bound traffic on south west highway, exactly a quarter mile west from Pulaski on south west highway. You can see them to your right.
Also, going further down passing the police station, they park inside a lot as well right around 4570 on Southwest.
Western Ave. / Harwood Ave. south of 183rd st
Highway type road with 25MPH speed limit. Has sign with flashing lights that are only sometimes activated. THis is confusing because it give the impression the speed limit is 25 only when flashing, which is not the case. Squad sits in park ready to pinch unsuspecting violators. Added note: Homewood cops use "X" band radar exclusively, and if you have a good detector, you can pick up their signal well in advance.
4300 block of southwest hwy , southwest of chicago
all up and down southwest hwy as well as 87th street watch the speed limit its 35mph . young and ready to go cops will get you if your speeding over the limit usually 10 mph over.