Ottawa, Ontario Speed Traps

Two Officers, one in a car and another on a motor Bike set up a tri-pod right on the elevated median between the 2 east and west bound lanes on Walkely Road, in the one block area between Melfort, and Tawney (Where the Giant Tiger is). What they do is catch people coming off the 417 highway that are traveling west bound on Walkely, and once you cross Russell Road the Police Officers can see you coming from about 1.5kms away. Drivers that were just 30 seconds earlier moving at 100km/h on the 417, are now forced to travel 50km/h on a relatively uninterrupted road. And boom, they got you.

I have yet to have been caught, but I live off Tawney. And at least twice a Month during the spring, summer, and fall see first hand the Police waving the offenders down onto Tawney to write them up.

as you drive down greenbank towards the train tracks and approach some woods on your right, a cop parks his cruiser in behind the tracks, and (hidden by the woods) he’s then out with his radar and an unmarked van to pull you over. it’s cheezy. i haven’t seen them use this spot since the blitz though.

Travelling eastbound on Heron Rd toward Bank St, as you cross Riverside Dr and start going down the hill, the speed limit is 60 km/h but most drivers are travelling at 80-100 km/h if they didn’t catch the red light at Riverside Dr. The police have radar guns and wait on Clover St. (the intersection before Bank St. and the Canadian Tire). As you speed down the hill, they catch you and flag you onto Clover St. as you ascend the hill where there are usually 4-5 cruisers waiting. When the trap is in effect, which is usually in the morning and afternoon rush hours, it’s not uncommon to see 3 or 4 cars stopped on Clover St receiving tickets.

When leaving Blackburn Hamlet goin towards the new Innes rd. radar will be used on Tauvette st. and Police will be on the next street pulling cars over.three to four are lined up across the street from the baseball/soccer feild.

Police cars parked on residential street corner; police officer with radar. Posted speed limit is 40 km/h, but traffic ususally goes at 60 km/h.