Ellicott City, Maryland Speed Traps

Heading on Route 40 West after you cross the patapsco state park bridge entering Howard county you will see a Browns Motel. Route 40 dips down right after you pass the motel to your right and on the bottom of the hill in the middle lane are two cops 80% of the time, one facing East one facing West to catch people going either way. Their clock is aimed at the top of the hill so even if you use the excuse the downhill slope increased your speed will not work. If not in the middle U-turn lane they will be on the right in the Gas station. The entrance to the gas station is covered by trees so you wont see them until you pass the entrance by which time you are already clocked. All the usual drivers brake right when they pass the motel which is the best way to preven the ticket when heading on Baltimore national pike (route 40) heading west.

Police usually monitor speed between Greenway Drive and Safeway going west on Route 40.

Marked County car sits in Centennial Elementary school and shoots the northbound and southbound traffic on Centennial Lane. Will usually only pull you over for 12MPH over the limit and will give warning if cust is polite.

Up to four police vehicles typically sit at the top of the hill at Normandy Drive to cite motorists headed uphill out of the Patapsco Valley on westbound US Route 40. Occasionally, a police vehicle occasionally sits several hundred feet down the hill next to a gas station adjacent from Governor’s Run to tag speeders with radar / laser and notify other officers uphill. Enforcement is most frequent on Saturday mornings.

Unmarked Howard County vehicle parked in the median; targets left lane traffic heading north towards Ellicott City (RT 40 exit). Unmarked cruiser is grey/silver and blends in well with the guard rails.