Rockford, Illinois Speed Traps

Police will park on Pelham and check for speeders on Parkview. 30 MPH and a steep hill make it easy for police to ticket here.

The newer Perryville Road extension that leads North from the Riverside Blvd intersection up towards Rt. 173 alongside Rock Cut State Park. It’s a 4 lane highway with a median, and is posted at 45 mph. This seems way too slow, and Northbound it is downhill, so you tend to speed up anyway heading toward the Rt 173 intersection. Sometimes Patrol cars will sit in the Rock Cut entrance “Beaming” Northbound traffic, and other times they are hiding up by Harlem. I have not seen Southbound traffic stopped, but watch out Nothbound..most cars are going at least 10 mph above the posted limit. Good pickings for cops…esp at night.

N. Main St. in Rockford, IL, is one bad speed trap. This is a main road into and out of town on the north side. There is a major interscetion (Riverside Blvd) where they sit on the north bound lanes with one police car shooting radar.

From the time you enter Illinois from Wisconsin until you get through Rockford it is all marked 45 MPH

Speedtrap is located at Newburg Road and Sequoia Road (approx. 42.253078, -89.022390)
Rockford City Police commonly wait on Sequoia Road in a white unmarked vehicle with an officer in the vehicle pointing LIDAR up the hill to the East towards Easton Parkway (42.253002, -89.019337)
Speed limit approaching trap from the East drops from 40 mph to 30 mph before going up the hill to Easton Parkway, but sign is smallish.
Several Police Cars wait in the entrance to Alpine Park Pool next to the movie theater in order to catch the offenders before a turn onto Alpine Road or passing the light at Alpine Road onto Broadway Blvd. I have seen this trap in operation at anywhere from 12:00 noon until 4:00 PM.