The Observation Deck

The other day I was crossing the Lakewood Bridge over Rocky River, and coming deep into Lakewood I noticed an unmarked Rocky River police car, in a radar trap. As I stopped and watched for a bit, it occurred to me that he was poaching our speeders. It was ahrd to believe from the way he operated the unit, he was grabbing speeders in Rocky River. As I went back and studied it...


... it became somewhat confusing where Lakewood starts and stops, and if this bridge is just no man's land. Still I have never seen Lakewood work this border either on this side of the river or the other side, where Rocky River has almost always radar working if they have a spare patrol car.


Over the Detroit Ave. Bridge the borders are clearly marked. But on the Clifton Road Bridge it is not marked. Does it matter, who knows, just another Observation.


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Otter: He can't do that to our pledges!
Boon: Only we can do that to our pledges.

Someone was there yesterday at 6:45 AM when I came back from my bike ride, maybe that’s when you photographed. They also work the same span by setting up right on Lake Road near Captain’s Cove. In fact that is much more often where they set up.

And yes, on one occasion I saw Lakewood police working the exact same spot near Captain’s Cove. That was maybe 2-3 years ago, there were two and they were motorcycle units. It had to be around 5:00 PM because I was returning from work. I was on my bike northbound at the light, and I thought it was River police so I started bagging on them, they said “no we’re Lakewood” and I said frankly that’s immaterial. Those big green “Interstate” signs on the River side as you are eastbound just lull you into complacency about your speed.

And yes it does raise the obvious question, how can the very same stretch of road be in two different cities?