Jurisdiction

Amherst, Massachusetts

Speed Trap Location

Route 116 Southbound

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time

Level of Enforcement

Some

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

4/2001

Heading on 116 South from Sunderland: When you get into Amherst, right after you pass the UMASS exit, there is a bridge over the road you are on (116). A little past this bridge sometimes an Amherst officer will be on the side of the road sticking a rearward-facing handheld antenna out the window. It set my detector off as being K band. There are pros and cons to this: if he is running it all the time, because the road is kind of flat but not totally flat, you get some warning if you have a radar detector about 1 mile before you get to him. If he is running instant on and you are the only one on the road, then you are screwed, because the road is flat enough that he can get a positive lock on you.

Comment (3/2003): When traveling through the UMASS: Amherst campus, or any other STATE school campus. Local police have no jurisdiction and connot give you a citattion for anything. Make sure that it is a campus police car or a state police car that pulls you over.

Comment (1/2003): Something in this town that may take people by surprise, but worth looking out for: UMass campus cops very frequently set up along University Drive. You may think they're just "rent-a-cops," but take it slow through here, so you don't find out the hard way that this isn't the case.

Jurisdiction

Amherst, Massachusetts

Speed Trap Location

South East Street

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

AM Rush Hour

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

6/2003

Be carefull driving on South Street in Amherst. The speed limit is 35 mph. I got pulled over for doing 44 mph. Luckliy I just got a warning. The town cops usually hide around the bridges and off to the side of the road aways.

Comment (3/2003): When traveling through the UMASS: Amherst campus, or any other STATE school campus. Local police have no jurisdiction and connot give you a citattion for anything. Make sure that it is a campus police car or a state police car that pulls you over.

Comment (1/2003): Something in this town that may take people by surprise, but worth looking out for: UMass campus cops very frequently set up along University Drive. You may think they're just "rent-a-cops," but take it slow through here, so you don't find out the hard way that this isn't the case.

Comment (3/2003): When traveling through the UMASS: Amherst campus, or any other STATE school campus. Local police have no jurisdiction and connot give you a citattion for anything. Make sure that it is a campus police car or a state police car that pulls you over.

Comment (1/2003): Something in this town that may take people by surprise, but worth looking out for: UMass campus cops very frequently set up along University Drive. You may think they're just "rent-a-cops," but take it slow through here, so you don't find out the hard way that this isn't the case.