New Bern, North Carolina Speed Traps
US Highway 70 near Glenburnie Road
East bound US 70 at New Bern City limits drops from 70mph to 55. Most times officer sits in median other side Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.(GPS position givin) (US 17 south exit)which is the next exit after Glenburnie Rd., behind a cedar tree. Ka band Radar instant on used for maximum "surprise". Use caution anywhere on US 70 within New Bern City limits.
Sutton Road near Elizabeth Street
Officers will sit on side streets off of Sutton as well as just patroling street. The speed limit is 35 but being a four lane street in a main part of town it is traveled by majority at a higher speed. There are no speed limit signs in the main part just when you turn off Neuse Blvd and Martin Luther King Ave. This is a high ticket area because people assume it is 45 because of traffice volume, majority speed and location.
US 70 East, between New Bern and Havelock
Sheriff’s Deputies in marked and unmarked cars.
Rt- 70 between Glenburne exit and the Trent River Bridge.
Limit changes from 65 to 55, without much noticable change in the highway conditions.
Hwy. 70 East Bypass
City police sit in the divider hiding behind the overpass bridges between the Glenburnie exit and the Neuse River Bridge