# Speed Trap on 290 (9/27/05) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764 "2005-09-27T10:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![e21d19n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@e21d19n](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/e21d19n)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/1 "2005-09-27T10:02:41Z")
Just giving you guys a heads up, troopers have speed traps set up on the 290 by the Main st. exit and further down beyond Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/2 "2005-09-27T10:21:35Z")
i saw the one by delaware this morning on my way to school, there was prob 4 or 5 cars. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/3 "2005-09-27T10:27:04Z")
:tup: thanks a million… they finally caught on to my race track ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/4 "2005-09-27T10:27:36Z")
ugh. thanks for the heads up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/5 "2005-09-27T10:59:55Z")
End of the month, how appropriate… I think I’ll get on the 90 directly today and bypass the 290 entirely… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/6 "2005-09-27T11:27:51Z")
thanks for the heads up… karma for u ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/7 "2005-09-27T11:32:58Z")
hmmm…wonder if they will still be at the main st. exit when i get outta work ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/8 "2005-09-27T12:33:18Z")
I saw one today also on the 290 —\> on the crest of the hill between colvin exit and NFB exit, right by the brighton pool/golf dome… right where the speed limit sign says 45 for the construction that isn’t going on anymore… but people still do 75. watch yourselves! ---
**Author:** ![Estorvito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/estorvito/32/7234_2.png) [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/9 "2005-09-27T12:36:28Z")
> [@EclipseBlur](#): > > I saw one today also on the 290 —\> on the crest of the hill between colvin exit and NFB exit, right by the brighton pool/golf dome… right where the speed limit sign says 45 for the construction that isn’t going on anymore… but people still do 75. watch yourselves! wow…Thanks…I always do 70-75 around that area every morning on my way home from work…Thanks for the heads up…:tspry: :tspry: ---
**Author:** ![Husaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@Husaria](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Husaria)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/10 "2005-09-27T12:58:36Z")
i saw one on the way to work that wouldnt stop for the trooper til about a mile down the road, and this was on the 290 west where its 45mph ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/11 "2005-09-27T13:01:59Z")
going from work to school i saw that, taking the 290 from the 990 to the 90, i passed one dude pulled over…then i saw a trooper throw his lights on behind another guy…then another pulled over…and then i saw one more trooper chillin in the no u-turn spot shooting radar into traffic… ---
**Author:** ![Nessuno3400](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nessuno3400/32/7228_2.png) [@Nessuno3400](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nessuno3400)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/12 "2005-09-27T13:19:01Z")
yup…saw like 5 or 6 of them when I was headed towards niagara falls…good thing I wasn’t driving my car or I woulda been goin a lot faster than I was…but yea, watch out for them, there were like 3 people pulled over like all in a line pretty much and there were more troopers in the turn around part of the median ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/13 "2005-09-27T13:22:33Z")
> [@Nessuno3400](#): > > yup…saw like 5 or 6 of them when I was headed towards niagara falls…good thing I wasn’t driving my car or I woulda been goin a lot faster than I was… see thats what i love about my car…i can’t go fast in it because it DOESNT START!!! /rant ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/14 "2005-09-27T13:57:18Z")
Now is a good time to get RADAR verified top speed… ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/15 "2005-09-27T14:00:41Z")
:word: someone out-do butch’s ~143! ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/16 "2005-09-27T14:10:54Z")
nothin on the way home…oh well…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/17 "2005-09-27T14:41:57Z")
there are cops pretty much everywhere on the various X90s around here, just keep an eye out - no clue where they all came from all of a sudden ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/18 "2005-09-27T14:47:49Z")
My escort was going full out Ka from like millersport up this morning, finally saw the cops between main st. and the 90 split ---
**Author:** ![GoldRanger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/goldranger/32/7304_2.png) [@GoldRanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GoldRanger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-on-290-9-27-05/2764/19 "2005-09-28T06:33:55Z")
one little bastard was sitting on the bottom of the N Grand island bridge doing it last night (3:30’ish) good thing i was going south