Rockford, Illinois Speed Traps

Speed trap is along Sinnissippi Gardens traveling south along N 2nd St. Officer commonly sits in car at North entrance to gardens (42.285628,-89.065497) or next to overhead light pole just past the entrance (42.284160, -89.067010). At the light pole location, officer commonly stands behind light pole staying partially hidden as he clocks you. Trees also block the sight of the location until you are approx. 100-200 feet from the location. Patrol Cars will be waiting in the South entrance of the gardens (42.281500, -89.072509) to observe offenders trying to turn onto Ethel Ave, Cosper Ave, and to catch offenders before they reach Y Blvd (42.277711, -89.079095).
Rockford Police have worked this trap in all parts of the day between 7 AM and 5 PM.

hides by fire station on central or by church on halsted, though you can’t go that fast with the road the way it is so they have eased off alot.

E. State Street is the major East to West thorofare into the downtown. The speed limit is 30mph on a fourlane street. Those hurrying back from lunch to downtown are especially vulnerable. A spotter uses a "radar/laser" gun to catch motorists. Two blocks later, a side street will have as many as four squads waiting to pick up the unsuspecting, late for work, motorist. Traffic ticket quotas are due to "shift" sergeants between the 14 – 17th of the month. Of course, they will tell you there’s no such thing as a quota of tickets. Even traffic officers have job performance requirements!

No. 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) what they do is sit on the north bound lanes, one police car will be hitting the radar and down the street, there will be anywhere from 3-5 other police cars, writing out tickets. They do this only once in a while, when you get comfortable that they are NOT going to be there, that’s when they show up…people are used to driving faster then the posted speed (30MPG) which is completely crazy for a main street in a town of 150,000.

Trooper sits on Baxter Rd overpass and runs radar (usually on northbound traffic). After you crest the hill chase cars are waiting on the exit ramp to nail you. I saw this trap every monday morning during rush hour on my way back from Lasalle/Peru. These guys are ruthless – anyone going over 70mph gets it