Altoona, Pennsylvania Speed Traps

Cop sits either in bg lot or cemetery to time your speed. White lines run across road right in front of bg/ calvary cemetery. Speed limit is 40 stay below 47 and you’re fine.

You are timed by a car sitting in the votech lot. on 17th Street and 4th Avenue. This is especially during school hours (7 am to 9:15 am and 2:15pm to 4pm SPEED LIMIT is 15 mph) chase car sits at 17th Street and 1st Avenue and the other cop sits at 17th Street and 5th Avenue.. SLOW DOWN and watch! The minimum fine is $275.

Timing car sits on Bell Ave as you go down 17th St towards Lowes. Chase car sits the next block down. Posted limit is 40 mph.

timed but sometimes you will see a state boy with radar watch for white lines across the road

Going North: PSP sit just past the Plank road exit (#31) on the right side going north. Posted speed limit is 55 mph, usually don’t bother you until you are over 65 mph. PSP sit back in the grass to the right about 3/4 past exit #40, just before W.W. Engine Supply. There is a blue exit services sign (gas/food etc) that he sits behind. Posted speed limit is 65. Going South: Another location is about a mile before exit 33 going south. PSP sit on an access road just beyond the Kettle Street overpass. Posted speed limit is 65, but drops to 55 one half mile down the road. PSP will also sit under or just past the 17th Street exit. Posted speed limit is 55. PSP will sit in the grass between the 17th Street exit (#33) and exit 32, posted limit is 55 mph.