Jurisdiction

Bala Cynwyd Lower Merion Twp., Pennsylvania

Speed Trap Location

Along Montgomery Ave. Between Pemproke Rd and Bryn Mawr Ave.

Nearest Reference Point

n/a

GPS Coordinates

n/a

Time of Day

AM Rush Hour

Level of Enforcement

High

Type of Enforcement

Unknown

Date

11/2003

This trap consists of an unmarked, usually blue, Lower Merion Twp.police car parked at a meter just before Main Line MINI, going EASTBOUND on Montgomery Ave. There is a slight valley in the road then an ascending hill. The unmarked car radios description of speeders to six uniformed officers just abouve the crest of that hill, they hide in the parking lot of Summit Court Apartments at corner of Bryn Marw Ave. and Montgomery, at the traffic signal. EVERYONE gets flagged down and told 'Speed Trap, you were exceeding the 25 MPH speed limit'. Sometimes there are 6 cars stacked up waiting for their tickets. Enforcement is once or twice a week either between 8-9 am or between 3-5pm.

Comment (12/2003): This is entirely accurate. i travel it every morning.

Comment (4/2004): This is one of about ten locations within Lower Merion Township on a rotating basis. The hours of operation are generally 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.weekdays only. Lunch is usually taken from 11:30-12:30. They use a double beam timing device that is not very accurate(change of pick-up point due to small but rapid up and down changes of the vehicle trigger points changing the location of the trigger points). They are often overwhelmed by the amount of traffic and tickets they are trying to write. I have personally seen the amount of confusion that goes on at these traps. The result of the confusion is that they mistake the identity of the vehicle being pulled over. There is always too much distance between the timing device and the pullover location making monitoring of the targeted vehicle impossible. None of these errors matter because if you try to contest the ticket the local judge only cares if the timing equipment was recently certified, then you are guilty!

Comment (5/2004): have seen gray unmarked crownvic... also tends to be different hours early and late in the month.