[Cowboy89]

It seems with the addition of 'Speed on Green' cameras and the recession the police are starving for revenue again and are dusting off the old radar guns and taking to the streets in locations where speed limits seem oddly low for the street size design or where speed limits drop off dramatically and where they can hide from view. I don't think someone doing 65 km/h in a 50km/h that seems like it really should be 60km/h should get targeted nor should someone who is going at a 62 km/h clip while slowing down where the speed limit drops from 70km/h to 50km/h should be ticketed either.

In that spirit I would like to start a 'fishing hole thread' where posters help other posters out by mentioning these tricky spots where they have seen cops out recently so that drivers who for the most part are safe can be aware to keep to posted speed limits to avoid slipping up and rendering themselves vulnerable to getting a borderline ticket.

Explain the address or approximate area of the location, mention the speed limit changes or other circumstances that make it tricky, and mention the part about the location that makes it easy for the police to hide.

I will go first:

(1) I got ticketed making an illegal left turn on 9th Ave SE going north bound on 7th St. SE after a Flames game. 7th Street goes along the west bank of the Elbow River before and meets 9th Ave at a bridge. There is a sign saying it's illegal to turn left that that intersection. It's tricky to pick up on that when there is gridlock after a Flames game and numerous other motorists make that illegal turn as well as if it were normal. Anyways the Police hide in the Fort Calgary parking lot and reel in the drivers. When I was caught there were 5 police cars working an assembly line getting tickets.

(2) Going Eastbound on Bow Trail towards downtown past the Greyhound Depot. The speed limit is 50km/h despite the road being four lanes wide and devoid of traffic outside of business hours. It probably should be more like 60km/h for that stretch until you get to Metro Ford (I didn't get pulled over, but saw the Police at work) In fact if you actually slow down to 50km/h you feel like you're in a playground zone while everyone else speeds by. The police hide in the Staples parking lot on the right side across from Shaw Millenium park. They like this location because they have enough room in the parking lot so they can tandem with another officer to ensure that while one is writing a ticket the other can man the radar gun and catch more drivers 'dangerously speeding by at 65 km/h.'

(3) Westbound on 16th Ave just past the Shaganappi interchange the speed limit drops quickly from 70km/h to 50km/h. There is a commercial parking lot tucked away on the right. You do the math. (No, I didn't get pulled over here either, but saw them out working that hole last night at 7PM).