Evergreen Road near Interstate 279
Another favorite haunting ground for the Pittsburgh Police Traffic Division to set up their mass speed traps. When they do their traps, they will pull over as many cars as they can catch in a shot, whether it is 2 or 20. When you are traveling on McKnight Road towards Pittsburgh and continue past the I-279 South On-Ramp, you will go down a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill, there is a traffic light, which usually favors the McKnight Road traffic. Once you go through the light, the McKnight ends and becomes Evergreen Road. Shortly past the light, there are VASCAR lines. A traffic cop will sit back there and time you. Once you get to Baytree Street, there is concrete barrier on the right. On the other side of the barrier, there are parking spaces for people who live in the houses, which are usually vacant. One these traffic sting days, there will be a cop at the light. If you were playing the role of a good little motorist that day, the cop will wave you through. However, if you were being a bad boy, they will pull you into that parking area behind the barrier and ticket you. I’ve been told that if you are moderately above the speed limit, they won’t bother you (although this can all be in which officers were running the trap and what kind of mood they are in–not worth taking the chance). Frequently, they nab people for going 55mph or higher through here, as it’s easy to pick up speed down that hill and once the road chances into Evergreen, the speed limit drops to 35mph I do believe. Be careful through there. It’s quite the hefty fine.
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