Speed Camera Report Notes Speeding Down
The county has netted $27,849 for traffic safety projects, and police said that drivers are slowing down.
The Howard County Police Department noted in a report released this week it's “exploring” an increase in its speed camera program by adding two portable speed cameras in areas too small to fit the two vans currently in use in school zones. In its one-year report, which is required to be submitted to the County Council, the police department went over dollars and cents and numbers of citations issued during the 5,840 hours on the roads in the first year of the program, which began issuing citations in November 2011. According to the report, before speed camera enforcement began, the department conducted a five-year review of collisions that occurred in school zones. Before the cameras were installed, the county averaged 166 collisions per …
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Jeff Robinson
8:38 am on Monday, March 18, 2013
Yes, they are ecstatic that they've made $30,000 in revenues. What the county fails to note, though, is that they've also taken almost $900,000 out of the economy for "vendor bills, personnel costs and operating fees." That is a sunk lost cost that will never come back. Not a very good investment if you ask me. more ›