Cameras for Speeding – Updated
The Chicago Herald & Review ran an article on the use of photo enforcement cameras at construction sites in Illinois. In recent years, Illinois has added photo enforcement vans to nab speeders in construction zones. There is talk about expanding this beyond construction zones as a way to slow down drivers.
Here are some background facts from the articles:
In 2003, 44 people, including five construction workers, died in work zone accidents. The number of state work zone fatalities has dipped was 21 in 2007. Two construction workers died in 2007; one died in both 2005 and 2006.
This summer marks the third year vans will be in construction zones. Three will be touring various state work zones between Rock Island, Du Quoin, Springfield, Champaign and Collinsville; one will monitor state highway construction zones and one more is reserved for metropolitan Chicago.
They have automatically issued 7,441 speeding tickets, said Scott Compton, Illinois State Police spokesman. Images of the driver’s face and the front and rear license plates on the vehicle will be recorded. If the driver is anyone other than the owner of the vehicle, the owner will not be responsible for the ticket. When the ticket is mailed, an image of the driver appears with the citation.
The tickets are $375 ticket to anyone over the speed limit. If drivers are cited for a second time, the fine bumps up to $1,000 with a potential 90-day license suspension. Since 2005, the Illinois Department of Transportation has generated more than $7.4 million from work zone speeding violations, said Illinois DOT spokeswoman Paris Ervin. [I don't understand the numbers - 7,441 tickets at $365 doesn't add up anywhere close to $7.4 million. I assume that the vans only account for about a third of the revenue, the rest from regular speeding tickets by officers].
UPDATE
Here is video explaining the radar:
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