East Hempfield, Pennsylvania Speed Traps

Township police car sits in church parking lot or on side streets. This is a sometimes hilly, sometimes twisty, sometimes both, road with a 25 MPH posted limit, where almost no-one drives under 35.

Cruiser hides on right side road at top of hill after stop light on Centerville/Nolt and sites speed during initial downhill descent right after 25 MPH zone begins. Driver has no chance on this one because it is at beginning of zone on a steep downhill. If you have not slowed down enough by the time you get to the bottom of the hill, but they missed you up top, the second cruiser will get you. This is a regularly used speed trap – a big fee generator for the township according to their own admission – and should be avoided at all costs. The long downhill provides them with all the advantage. Don’t drive this road if you can avoid it. If you drive 25 going down that hill, I’ll pass you on my bicycle!