The Radar Trap Location Thread

[Yannerd]

Right, so I was glancing on the forums today and realized how awesome it would be to have a thread on where to find common speed traps throughout the lower mainland. I don't condone excessive speeding and I will neither conform nor deny whether or not I speed. Having said that though, I completely disagree with the concept of speed traps and how the police use it as a cash grab more than an attempt to enhance public safety. If you don't believe me go wikipedia speed trap and you'll see how they're currently dealing with speed traps in the US and more specifically in California.

So in no particular order here are the ones I can name off If anyone else has any more feel free to post them.

Vancouver
1) Southbound Knight Street right before the SE Marine Way onramp Vancouver
2) Northbound Knight Street and 62ndish in Vancouver - Feb 22, 2008
3) Southbound Knight Street and 31st in Vancouver
4) Eastbound SE Marine Drive after Marine way turnoff in Vancouver
5) Southbound Granville and 65th in Vancouver
6) Southbound around Granville and 57th at the Church parking lot in Vancouver
7) Northbound Granville Street and Connaught Drive (big intersection after 32nd) in Vancouver
8) Northbound on the Granville street bridge right before you get into downtown Vancouver
9) Southbound on the Granville street bridge right before the 4th ave turn off in Vancouver
10) Eastbound AND Westbound on Hastings at the PNE in Vancouver
11) Westbound Grandview Highway between Rupert and Renfrew before the McDonalds in Vancouver
12) Eastbound at the UBC lookout (uncommon)
13) Eastbound 41st and SW Marine before UBC highway (almost every sunny day)
14) Westbound at the information center in UBC (only once or twice)
15) Westbound on SW Marine and Yukon
16) Eastbound SE Marine Dr, just before Elliott (I think it's Nanaimo) - Feb 13, 2008
17) Eastbound SE Marine Dr & Jellicoe (light before Kerr) - 2007
18) Westbound SE Marine Dr, just before Elliott (back alley) - Feb 22, 2008
19) Westbound SE Marine Dr & Victoria - last seen within the last month
20) Eastbound AND Westbound every weekend nights along Great Northern way between main and clark drive
21) Westbound King Edward Ave just before Granville (at Cartier St)
22) Eastbound W George St (Georgia Viaduct) at the Main St Off ramp - Feb 10, 2008
23) Southbound Boundary Rd, just before Marine Way - Feb 17, 2008
24) Eastbound SW Marine Dr & 16th in UBC
25) SW Marine Dr between Totem Park and Place Vanier Residence (usually during evenings)
26) Pacific Blvd westbound onto Granville Street bridge southbound on ramp April 8, 2008

Richmond
1) Northbound Russ Baker Way after the No 2 Rd Bridge in Richmond
2) Southbound Russ Baker Way after the No 2 Rd Bridge in Richmond
3) Northbound No 4 Rd before Alderbridge Way in Richmond
4) Westbound off Hwy 91 onto Alderbridge Way just after the Hwy 99 S Off-ramp, on the deck
5) Eastbound AND Westbound on Hwy 91 at the Knight Street exits
6) Eastbound East-West Connector at No 8, or after No 8 in the middle barrier of the S-curve (part before the bracket)
7)Eastbound off-ramp to 91A, Alex Fraser/New West fork April 22, 2008
8) Northbound No 5 Rd, just pass Westminster Hwy and Sports Town (I think it's McNeely Dr) - 2007
9) Eastbound Cambie Rd, just pass Garden City Rd (I think it's around Stolberg St, The Oaks) - 2006/2007
10) Northbound No 2 Rd and Blundell in Blundell Centre April 8, 2008

Burnaby
1) Westbound Hwy 1 after the Grandview Highway exit in Burnaby
2) Westbound Hastings St after Kensington Ave in Burnaby

North Shore
1) Eastbound Hwy 1 at the Taylor Way overpass in West Vancouver
2) Northbound off the Lions Gate Bridge in West Vancouver
3) Westbound Hwy 1 at the Caulfield exit

Delta
1) Northbound AND Southbound South of Massey Tunnel, in the count flow lane - Mar 4, 2008

New West
1) Eastbound on Mcbridge Blvd at the Queens park parking lot before the Pattullo Bridge in New West

Surrey
1) Westbound AND Eastbound on King George Highway right before/after the Pattullo Bridge in Surrey

Coquitlam
1) Eastbound on Lougheed between School House and United Blvd (at the Hwy 1 overpass)

Port Coquitlam
1) Mary Hill Bypass between Broadway and Kingsway

I know there are TONS more out there so I'll keep adding them to this thread.

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[Ken]

Listen to AM730 before you leave.

[GlobalWaste]

Just off the Pattullo Bridge, by the Surrey exit, there is almost always a speed trap hiding in the bushes there catching people in both directions

[Jockey_Girl]

lately the westvan popo have been setting up the radar on hwy1 eastbound at the TaylorWay overpass.
they also like to hide in the shadows of the trees at the intersection of Park Drive and Southborough Drive in the britishproperties.
and of course the school zones during school hours

as you can see, i don't venture very far from home

[TheToby]

West Van side of the lions gate bridge.

[RX Renesis]

Northbound No.4 Road & Alderbridge Way parking lot accross the big empty field

[Ryeeno]

Hastings beside the PNE, both directions. They also check HOV there heading east.

[Penphoe]

Grandview Highway in East Vancouver, between Rupert and Renfrew. I've seen them hiding out catching westbound speeders just before the McDonald's restaurant is. Usually on a Sunday morning. Haven't seen them there in a few months.

Westbound highway 1, just after the Grandview Highway exit at the edge of Burnaby, again on Sunday mornings.

LaterZ!
Darren!!

[JHo_STi]

i like this thread

[Yannerd]

Sweet! Updated guys, keep them coming!

[Linkseal]

Eastbound Hastings St. after Kensington Ave. there is always a laser gun radar/rider at your passanger side hidding in the Esso gas stationin North Burnaby.

P.S: Laser pointing to traffic heading to west. A nice HOV ahead at Eastbound Hastings St. after Holdom is waiting for you.

[brendan_mac]

SW Marine at UBC has several spots:
Eastbound at the lookout (uncommon)
41st and SW Marine Eastbound (almost every sunny day)
Westbound at the information center (only once or twice)

Also:
-SW Marine and Yukon, Westbound (very, very common)
-Once there was a speedtrap on the Stanley Park causeway Southbound: Every 3rd person was getting a ticket because nobody goes 50 km/h there.

[Cyclonus]

Just wondering, has anyone encountered a speed trap at night before?

[Penphoe]

Originally Posted by Cyclonus

Just wondering, has anyone encountered a speed trap at night before?

I haven't passed by any speed traps at night. Most of the times, I've seen them on bright sunny days.

Also, the traps that I listed above, I've only seen them on Sundays in the morning.

LaterZ!
Darren!!

[minifreak]

Originally Posted by Penphoe

I haven't passed by any speed traps at night. Most of the times, I've seen them on bright sunny days.

Also, the traps that I listed above, I've only seen them on Sundays in the morning.

LaterZ!
Darren!!

I have seen a few at night.

Alderbridge West bound just off HWY 91.
Marine drive between Victoria and Elliot, both West and East bound.

[Linkseal]

Originally Posted by Cyclonus

Just wondering, has anyone encountered a speed trap at night before?

Yep.
Location: 6) Eastbound SE Marine Drive after Marine way turnoff before Boundary Rd traffice light in Vancouver.

Detail: Mostly likely Sat night, around 8~9 pm. If you heading to east on SE Marine Drive, driving straight ( High rise apartments on passanger side), sometimes you will see there is a "Speed Indicator Panel" on your right, normally drivers will slow down to see how fast they drive, then they will speed up after that Panel, if you speed up after the panel, then you are trapped. Why? A nice laser rider just 2 blocks in front. And again, a nice HOV before the Boundary Rd traffic is waiting for you.

[grimbeaver]

Not sure if they still do it, but when i worked around there, the cops ALWAYS got a few people a day westbound on HWY 1, just past the Caulfield exit.

[Bondy007]

Haha, I remember talking about this at ESTEA! Glad you made a thread. What red-light-cameras and road blocks?

[rs420]

both directions on the Barnett Hwy. they nail you either way, if your coming out of port moody, there is one always at the marina, and if your heading west (towards burnaby) sometimes on just before the sfu turn off (right past kask bro's cement company)
Westbound in north van between Lynn Valley on-ramp and Lonsdale, they sometimes point both directions.

[kgb]

I don't seem to see these ones?
Vancouver - East Bound
SE Marine Dr, just before Elliott (I think it's Nanaimo) - within the last month
SE Marine Dr & Jellicoe (light before Kerr) - last year
Vancouver - West Bound
SE Marine Dr, just before Elliott (back alley) - within the last month
SE Marine Dr & Victoria - within the last month
Richmond - North Bound
No 5 Rd, just pass Westminster Hwy and Sports Town (I think it's McNeely Dr) - last year

Delta - North/South Bound
South of Massey Tunnel, in the count flow lane - this year

Less frequent spot
Richmond - East Bound
Cambie Rd, just pass Garden City Rd (I think it's around Stolberg St, The Oaks) - early last year, maybe even 2006

Unknown if they still use them
Richmond - East Bound
East-West Connector, just pass No 8 Rd, in between the barriers, or at No 8 Rd
Off-ramp to New West, right under On-ramp to Alex Fraser South Bound

[kgb]

OTOH, pretty much any place you can think of, they can hide, it's all about frequency and how recent it is. You need to sort by region, relative position in the region, and direction, and probably a "last seen" would be nice

I think their point (the RCMP/VPD) is to make this exercise futile because eventually, there is not much of stretch between traps

[Yannerd]

Yeah I'll redo the thread later tonight so it's split into regions. I know last summer they were HUGE on the SE marine drive and grandview highway area but now they still do the knight street and granville areas and the idea is they're always at the same spots.

[rs420]

its where they can cash it in biiiiiiiiiiiiiig

[Yannerd]

Originally Posted by Bondy007

Haha, I remember talking about this at ESTEA! Glad you made a thread. What red-light-cameras and road blocks?

Red light cameras there are too many. Road blocks I really won't say anything about because I think catching drunk drivers is one of those things I agree with

Another thing I won't touch is HOV lanes... they're there for a reason and when I'm sitting in the regular lane and someone is cheating by using the HOV lane the feeling I get when I see them get caught is... well AMAZING.

[jlam86]

Originally Posted by Cyclonus

Just wondering, has anyone encountered a speed trap at night before?

East and westbound every weekend nights along Great Northern way between main and clark drive