Hamilton, Ontario Speed Traps

Police will sit in their cruisers or hide behind a utility pole to catch speeders going south bound on Garth. Police will hide behind the bus shelter to catch speeders going north bound on Garth. They are in those locations a lot. Morning, noon and evening rush hour. Especially if it’s a nice day.

Going down the hill from the link there have been police with radar guns on the first overpass.

Officer faces E/B Burlington St. traffic behind telephone pole at the corner. Their car/s on Wilfred. Stop you and pull you onto Wilfred St.

Traffic zooms down an incline south of Regional Road 97, and there is often a radar unit stationed at or near the entrance to the subdivision at Noble Kirk Dr. Several hundred meters farther down, just past the kennel, there is a driveway with a wall which makes a perfect cover for the OPP pursuit car. You can’t see the cruiser til you are right there. They have had this trap in place for years and man the station several days per month, regularly reeling in the fish — cars exceeding the 80kph limit by 30-50 kph. Slow down to under 100 kpm as you pass the subdivision on your right. You won’t see the police cars until it’s too late.

The Upbound lanes open to 4 wide about 2/3 of the way up. Over the last two weeks on my way down to work (about 1:30 to 2:00pm), I’ve seen the "ghost car" there 3 times in the furthest right lane with the officer standing in front of the car, picking people off coming up the hill.