Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

Whole town.

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time

Level of Enforcement

High

Type of Enforcement

Radar, Laser

Date

1/2001

This entire town is one big speed trap. The police in the town are the equavalent of mall security guards with guns so they're ticket happy and always on a power trip. Also, they blatantly engage in racial / age profiling. So just a note if you're of a different racial background than white or if you look under 21 and driving a nice car: expect to be pulled over for little or no reason and hassled to no end by the police. Proof? I was driving my parent's new-ish luxury sedan around at night on winter break from college (I'm 19). It has 2 lights illuminating the rear license plate. One of the lights was out but the plate was clearly visible with the other one. My parents have driven the car for over 8 months with this problem and never been pulled over. I was pulled over twice in the same night by the same officer for the license plate light being out. I was then forced to exit the vehicle and be lectured about automobile maintenance. I received 2 written warnings within 3 hours for the same thing from the same officer. Apparently the ticket happy rookie cop pulls over up to 300 people per month. In a town with no crime, 17,000 residents, 10 police officers and about 30 miles of public road, 300 traffic stops is out of hand.

Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

Woodville Rd (40 mph zone)

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time

Level of Enforcement

Some

Type of Enforcement

Radar, Laser

Date

1/2001

Going from Woods road, take a right onto Woodville (heading away from the school). This immediately takes you onto a straight away. Speeding is really easy on this straight, but there's a sharp curve at the end. Local law enforcement parks in the driveways at the end of the straight on the corner, so they have an unrestricted view of all traffic coming directly at them. The black painted grilles of the police cars and white paint schemes camouflage the police vehicle with the mostly dark and snowy background (in the winter / fall), and since there's no lights behind the vehicle the profile is hidden too. The speed limit is 40 mph, but it's easy to go fast.

Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

State Route 9

Nearest Reference Point

Woods Road

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

High

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

7/2006

They lowered the speed trap from 40 to 30, Longwoods is a rural "farm and forest" road, it is wide and eventually goes to 50MPH at the Cumberland Line. If the 85th percentile was followed, this road should probably be 55. Sad, Falmouth was never a speed trap town before.

Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

Woodville Road

Nearest Reference Point

Falmouth High School Landmark

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

9/2006

Moderate enforcement of the 30MPH speed limit section of Woodville Road, especially in and around Falmouth High School and Falmouth Middle School. Cops tend to either hide off the road near the Middle School (facing Falmouth Road), and/or hiding off the road near the High School (facing Field Road). Woods Road and part of Woodville Road is 40MPH speed limit. Cops sometimes pull over people going over the speed limit coming from those parts of those roads.

Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

Mountain Road

Nearest Reference Point

Blackstrap Road

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

Any time of day

Level of Enforcement

Moderate

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

9/2006

Speeding is fairly common on Mountain Road. The speed limit is 35MPH, people often go 50MPH+, and the cops love this. They hide in the dense woods off to the side of the road and pick people up. This speedtrap is not as active as it once was, but be advised there are often cops hiding, as Mountain Road is a popular route from Portland to Windham.

Jurisdiction

Falmouth, Maine

Speed Trap Location

Blackstrap Road

Nearest Reference Point

CMP Powerlines Landmark

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

PM Rush Hour

Level of Enforcement

Some

Type of Enforcement

Radar

Date

9/2006

Speed limit on Blackstrap is 35MPH. The speed limit used to be 45MPH, and could easily be much higher. Traffic on Blackstrap often exceeds 50. Speeding is common on this road, however cops do not focus on enforecement too much on this road. People have been pulled over on Blackstrap before, but it is not a regular occurance.