Rochester, Minnesota Speed Traps
19th St NW Street near Valley High Drive
Officers sit in the low spot on 19th Street when heading towards the Athletic Club.
State Highway 14 near State Highway 52
They park on hwy 14 under or near the hwy 52 bridge. They are looking for people leaving bars as many leave on Civic center Drive to go West out of Rochester on hwy 14.
AND THE SPEED LIMIT IS 50MPH AND DOESN’T CHANGE TO 65 FOR A HALF OF A MILE, but you think you should be going highway speeds. You might think it is designed to catch unaware drivers.
9th SE Avenue near 20th SE Street
Trap by Ben Franklin Elementary School on 9th Ave SE
West Frontage NW Road near 43rd NW Street
The police like to sit by the ATM and watch for speeding, The speed limit is 40 but I have seen them pull someone over going 45, The like to sit and watch for cars around 9 pm until 2 am, Also the highway division is tucked back in that corner so be careful, there is state troopers there all day.
10th Street near 1st Avenue
Usually present at the corner of 1st Ave NE and 10th St NE one block off of Broadway. Citizens are attempting to get a stop sign put in place, teenagers caused this trap to occurr by speeding from one major roadway to another using this route to skip a stoplight. Many families live along this road, so the trap isn’t necessarily unfair in regards to local safety, but the speed limit isn’t posted at all on this 10-block strech of road and the police can easily spot speeders.