Hamilton (OH) rolls out area's first 'speed van'
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From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids on 3 Apr 2010 11:48 > Hamilton rolls out area's first 'speed van' > > By Janice Morse � March 31, 2010 > > HAMILTON - It's a new twist on an old adage: You can't outrun a police > radio�or a police speed-enforcement camera. > > Thursday, Hamilton, the Butler County seat, becomes the first > community in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to begin using > such a camera, officials said. > > The department is rolling out its new, unmanned speed-enforcement van, > which an Arizona company, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., supplied at no > cost. In exchange for the equipment and for administering the program, > Redflex reaps a chunk of the $95 fine collected from violators; the > city gets 52 percent of the amount. > > For the first 30 days, officials will send out warning letters to > registered owners of vehicles captured on the van's camera, which is > linked to radar and a computer. The camera's shutter is rigged to > photograph only vehicles that blast through school zones and other > targeted areas by at least 9 mph over the limit. > > Speed cameras are being used in at least 13 states, including Ohio and > Arizona, where all state routes are monitored, the Institute says. > > "Automated speed enforcement can substantially reduce speeding," the > Institute says, noting its studies in Maryland, Arizona and the > District of Columbia found a 70 percent to 95 percent reduction in > drivers exceeding speed limits by at least 10 mph. > This is great. Make the criminals pay, not the LACs like myself. And save a lot of lives too. You can't drive too slow |