Mount Airy, Maryland Speed Traps

State patrol car sits in a drive way off of Rising Ridge Road about 300 yards south of intersection with Leafy Hollow Circle. This occurs in the late afternoons and early evenings.

Where Main crosses 27 on the North side of town at the flashing light, our resident trooper sits on Leisheir looking North at the Southbound drivers..

Basically, cops always hang out on MD 144 in Mount Airy at the bottom of the huge hill next to the (now defunct) train tracks. The speed limit is 30 MPH there, however, if travelling west on 144 (towards new market and going down the hill), it is impossible to maintain 30 MPH without braking due to the hill. The speed limit is completely unreasonable, and they routinely target people for going only a few mph over it. They like to hide out down there whenever it is dark so that people can’t see them (and they think we buy their lies about safety), and always seem to have someone pulled over. I’ve never gotten a ticket there, but my sister has, and from working in Mount Airy and taking that road everyday, I saw plenty of people pulled over.

Trooper sits off in a parking lot late at night using radar and laser. Seems to be the same fellow each time. Very polite.

State Police cruiser sitting beside the road (Old National Pike) using handheld radar. Speed limits were reduced several months ago between Mount Airy and New Market (5 miles) and since that time there has been considerable police presence. Old speed limit was 50. New speed limit varies between 30 & 40. Road was designed to handle traffic of at least 50 mph.