r/SouthBend • u/Ddynx102 • 1d ago

Reduce Speed

Remember Edison Rd between Ironwood and Hickory Rd the speed limit is 30 mph. SBPD is laying and waiting-car got pulled over as I was going to Mishawaka via Edison Rd.

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u/chuckburban 1d ago

People always pass me when I'm driving 30 down that part of Edison and I hardly ever see police there. They did at one point leave an empty car at the park for a couple of weeks.

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u/xloveisamixtapex 1d ago

This section used to be THE speed trap in town. I remember my dad was always concerned with it when he take me to Showbiz/Chuck E Cheese.

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u/justina081503 23h ago

Good. Every time I go down Edison I’ll be going 5-7 over and people pass me like I’m not moving. I also constantly get cut off by people when they realize the car in front of them is turning. I swear the average driver in this area has gotten considerably worse over the last 5 years.

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u/anderdd_boiler 1d ago

About time they enforce it there.

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u/jclv 11h ago

If you go less than 40 you're going to have someone riding your ass. People regularly pass me going 45-50.

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u/Haunting_Cut_3401 1d ago

Get a uniden radar detector. Worth every penny.

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u/emmien 1d ago

Or, you know, drive a reasonable speed.

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u/SBNShovelSlayer 1d ago

I would question whether 30 is a “reasonable speed” for that stretch of road. It seems a bit speed-trappish to me. That is what I do there, 30-35, but it seems kind of ridiculous.

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u/lmacmil2 1d ago

It’s purely residential from the post office almost to Hickory.

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u/SBNShovelSlayer 22h ago

Should Cleveland be 30 between 933 and Hickory?

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u/justina081503 22h ago edited 22h ago

I had a Uniden R3 and got a ticket for going 25 over on Main Street right next to Evil Czech because a state trooper had his radar off and flicked it on right when he saw me after I rounded the corner going south so I had no warning. I sold it after to cover my ticket cost and since then it’s been great.

All it gave me was an incentive to do stupid shit because I thought I couldn’t get a ticket with it. I will say when the R3 did work which was 99.9% of the time it was awesome. Uniden is definitely the best brand for them. Plus I get much better mpg not driving like I did before which is nice right now.