Northfield, Illinois Speed Traps

Police stop cars getting off eastbound I-94 who make a u-turn on Willow to go west. Be careful especially late at night.

Police wait for patrons leaving restaurants and taverns. They will stop you for the slightest infraction.

Patrol cars wait in the parking lot of St. Philip the Apostle Church, at 1962 Old Willow Road, Northfield, Illinois. It appears that a lot of tickets are issued for not coming to a full stop at the three-way intersection.

This is a major East/West road which is constantly patrolled and the speed traps move along the approximately 2.5 mile stretch that passes through this town.

The police like to park way back in the parking lot of the Temple behind the bushes at the furthest North entrance. They are very well shielded. If you head South on Happ (with the Temple to your left), they zap you from behind before you ever know it, they also have a long view down Happ Rd, so that they can radar traffic coming around the bend in the road. The limit there is 30mph but its very easy to go 40 or more.