Portland, Maine Speed Traps

Portland police, using both marked & unmarked vehicles, lurking among the various turnouts along outer Commercial Street. Looking for speeders on the long stretch between the heavily congested waterfront and Veteran’s Circle traffic lights.

Undercover patrol car usually in front of school of the deaf in school zone hours in the afternoon around 2-3pm. Watch out from the intersection when on park ave before the school. He usually awaits right before the end of school zone.

Exiting I-295 onto Rt.1 near Martin’s Point and entering Falmouth, I have seen/heard of/been caught in a trap with one police car hiding behind a snow bank or something else, and at least 3 more waiting to exit the Martin’s Point hospital to nab drivers. The speed limit drops from 45mph to 30mph after you exit the off-ramp,and is coming down a hill. Almost everyone is travelling well over 30mph, and it is completely safe to do so. I got nailed going 43 in the 30 zone, and there were already 2 cars pulled over and I saw the next car that came behind me get pulled. It is as blatant, pointless and aggravating as can be. Nobody is doing any harm and you get a $185 ticket or the joy of losing time from work to fight it. Thanks Portland!

The radar car sits in a church parking lot on outer Washington Avenue just beyond Riverside St., facing the traffic inbound into Portland from Falmouth. I think there is a curve there, so once you see them it is too late.

This is a shortcut loop between the Johnson Rd., in South Portland and outer Congress St., in Portland with a Turnpike exit in the middle. I have seen the radar car there lately, it is posted 30 or 35, which is way too slow.