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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Police: Vendor Researching Ways to Add More Info to Speed Cam Photos

Currently, residents receiving a Howard County speed ticket are unable to figure out how fast they were traveling based on photographs.

  Howard County Police said the company they work with to operate speed cameras are researching ways to include more information on the photographs they provide on speeding tickets. The research is being undertaken to increase motorist confidence in the program, according to a police spokesperson. Questions have been raised about the accuracy of speed camera systems in the state after the Baltimore Sun reported on flaws in speed camera systems in Baltimore City. The paper reported inaccurate speed-readings on tickets after calculating vehicles' speed using timestamps to the fraction of a second provided on photographs included with citations, and by measuring the distance vehicles traveled in the photographs. Currently, Howard County’s …

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Report: Speed Camera Ticket Accuracy Comes Under Scrutiny, Battle with Traffic Cameras Intensifies as New Technology Arrives (in Ellicott City Patch), and Howard County Speed Cameras Susceptible to noPhoto

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4:37 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

School Board Candidate Offers Homework Help

Howard County Board of Education candidate David Gertler wants to help students with science, math and technology homework.

  David Gertler announced he will be hosting science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) discussions with parents and homework help for students in science and math during scheduled sessions at county library locations over the next two months. Gertler, who owns a technology consulting business said: "I think this is a great way to help our students with their math and science homework and hopefully inspire them to pursue careers in those fields." Gertler said he chose the tutoring approach over conventional campaigning such as door knocking and standing on the road waving in order to give back to kids. "Even if I lose," said Gertler, of Ellicott City, "I can look back and say, 'look what my friends and I did, we helped kids with math…

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Ellicott City Math Man Wants a Focus on Technology in School Board, Howard County BOE Primary Results - Dyer Out, Online Word Wars Flare Around Candidate De Lacy, and 1 more ›

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