Sloatsburg, New York Speed Traps
Route 17 Between Tuxedo and Sloatsburg
Route 17 is a four-lane state highway that alternates between 55 mph, and 45 mph and 35 mph. The slower speed limit is through the villages of Tuxedo and Sloatsburg. Particularly in Sloatsburg, Ramapo Town police stake out several side roads – such as Post Avenue – where the speed limit drops to 35 mph. They will ticket you even if you are going 5 miles over the limit.
It’s a great money maker for the Village of Sloatsburg. But it chases away people who want to eat in the village restaurants or patronize the shops. Local businesses are losing money because of this speed trap.
State Highway 17 near Eagle Valley Road
The intersection of Route 17 (Orange Tpk.) and Eagle Valley Rd. has a light, even though Eagle Valley Rd. actually dead-ends there; it looks like a regular intersection because there is a dirt drive into the Sloatsburg parks across from Eagle Valley, and the police park in the dirt drive often. It’s a 35 mph section, even though it’s 4 lanes across (plus a turn lane there), and even 5 mph over can get you a ticket, at times.
State Route 17 near Interstate 87
As you head out of Sloatsburg South on 17, the Ramapo police sit way back in the dirt pulloff on the right, about halfway between town and the I-87S ramp.
State Route 17 near Auntee Elles
The town of Ramapo Police patrol Sloatsburg which uses revenue from Traffice enforcement as a business.
NYS Thruway right before Rest Area in Sloatsburg
When you come around the ramp right past the Sloatsburg exit, and before you get to the Rest Area, Police car in plain view right on the shoulder FACING YOU. He will come after you! You can’t slow down at all by the time you see him (you’re going downhill).