Alexandria, Virginia Speed Traps

During am rush Alexandria motorcycle patrolmen love to pick off hassled work commuters doing 32 in a 25. Generally between King St. and Russell Road. I can’t see how they ever get anyone, as the road is so busy and slow. Probably they get people heading west on Braddock, outbound from Old Town, where there’s not as much traffic.

Alexandria motorcycle officers tag drivers coming up and down the King St. hill (where King is one lane in either direction, between Janeys and the Masonic temple by the Amtrak Station at Russell).

GW Parkway is U.S. Park Police area of patrol. Posted speed limit is 40mph however safe/common travel speed is around 60 mph. The enforcement officer will typically either stay in a parked patrol car on the overpass coming from Nation Airport to south bound G.W. Parkway -or- park directly in front of Maintenance Yard pointing at south bound traffic. Primarily have seen laser in use during the past year. The officer will sit in the vehicle and the laser reading is typically taken immediately after you reach crest of small rise on South bound travel lanes. Watch the cabs going to National Airport. They have radio and cell phones and typically let each other know when the trap is set so if you see them poking along at 35, be careful!

on the right side of the road between Janey’s Lane and King street

Police set at Huntington Station Metro in marked and Unmarked police cars. Go the 30 mile an hour speed limit or get a ticket.