Chittenango, New York Speed Traps

Tuscarora is a convenient shortcut to bypass a large section of Rt. 5 through Chittenango. Much of the road is deserving of it’s posted 30mph speed limit due to narrow (or non-existant) shoulders and residential nature. Unfortunatly this is not the part that they patrol.

They patrol two portions, one near the bolivar road/lake street intersection, and another near the chittenango creek bridge. These two portions of the road have no houses along them, and are long straight portions, as well as downhill portions. Because of this your natural tendancy is to speed up (slightly)…and improve village revenue.

Seneca St. in Chittenango is a convenient short-cut along state route 5. For the past 25 years, local authorities have installed a stop sign midway on this street which has as its only goal to catch motorists who do a rolling stop. There is no cross-road. Simply a stop light on a very quiet, but short-cut, street. Local police have two goals: (a) to train rookies on how to stop "traffic violators; and (b) to raise revenues for a very economically depressed small town.
Beware when driving through Chittenango, NY (east of Syracuse)! This village aims to pick your pocket, not welcome you.

NYS Troopers are very frequently patrolling I-90 Thruway near the Chittenango Service Area both east and westbound traffic. Sometimes multiple troopers, usually hanging out at U-Turn just east of the rest stop (for westbound traffic). Eastbound traffic monitored near bridges just west of the rest stop. They mix it up pretty good.