Ross, Pennsylvania Speed Traps

The state police sit near the turnaround in the middle of the straightaway and get cars heading into town. You cannot see them until you are on the straightaway after the left curve. Plus you are coming down a hill which increases your speed. You have to really look while coming around the bend to see them but sometimes traffic blocks your view. They have been there everyday this week.

This one takes the cake. About a week ago, our crafty friends from the Pennsylvania State Police, enacted a huge traffic sting on I-279 in Ross Township. A good friend of mine observed this while on his way to work nearby. On the Cemetary Lane overpass (Perrysville Exit) there was a white pickup truck staged to look as if it brokedown. There was NO marked vehicle near the truck, which is why this is illegal. Inside was a State Trooper clocking traffic down below. On the ramps (not sure if it was inbound or outbound or both – most likely outbound) there were about ten cruisers lined up and upon radio reception and description of the violators, the cops would each take turns on their unsuspecting victims. BE CAREFUL. If you were caught in this trap, FIGHT the ticket. This type of activity is ILLEGAL. Recently, the PA State boys think that they can pose in PennDOT trucks or other such vehicles such as personal civilian cars to run speed traps. Wrong. They’ve been put in their place about this before by the courts. They also think that they can dress in camaflouge and hide in the woods with wireless radar guns. WRONG as well. To avoid the hastle, watch your speed at any ramp and overpass on I-279 (especially near Perrysville and Bellevue/West View) and if you get pulled over, admit to nothing and exercise your right to FIGHT the ticket.

On I-279 northbound, as you round the curve and head downhill (which generally means picking up speed) after the Perrysville exit (toward the Westview exit) heading north, there is occasionally a unit using radar, I believe, to catch speeders. I got tagged once.

This is a well-traveled artery connecting I-279 to McCandless and Franklin Park.
After hours in the Nations Rent (?) parking lot, there is often a Ross Twp unit lying in wait. There is also another zone I haven’t seen, possibly the Sir Pizza lot 1/8 mile down the road toward 279. They won’t tag you for going moderately above the posted limit, but they are definitely on the lookout for erratic driving, line crossing, or running the light at Rochester and Sewickley-Oakmont/Reis Run Rd.

McKnight Rd. is the most travelled corridor into the north suburbs of Pittsburgh, with a lot of malls lining it. Ross Police take advantage of this by strategically hiding in car dealership parking lots, and pulling motorists over for various reasons, not just speeding. I used to work at one of the malls and every night would see two cop cars fly out of nowhere and pull somebody over pulling out of a traffic light or something. Thank God I always stay in the left lane sandwiched between two cars. Hotspots to look out for are McCrackin Ford, Pep Boys, the parking lot right before the I-279 S onramp, and the motorcycle guy hiding in the Intown Suites lot–now he is ruthless! He has a turnaround time of no more then 5 minutes!