WPBN: A large city is installing new speed cameras in the vicinity of a well-known school zone. New technology to improve road safety and help change driving behavior will be introduced on a few roadways in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation reports that the new cameras will be positioned close to the Belair-Edison School and The Green School of Baltimore, between the 3700 and 4800 blocks of Belair Road.
Although no points will be added to the driver’s license, individuals caught exceeding the speed limit will automatically get a $40 fine from these cameras, which will be in operation Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
These tickets will be issued if a car is found to be exceeding the speed limit by 12 mph or more.
Known as the Automated Traffic Violation Enforcement System, or ATVES, these cameras will undergo daily accuracy tests in addition to yearly audits.
On the Baltimore City website, it states that if the $40 fine is not paid, a violation review is not requested, or a violation liability is not contested by the deadline, liability will be automatically admitted.
Until all costs are paid in full, there may even be further fines or penalties incurred. At least four pedestrians have lost their lives as a result of being hit by cars on Belair Road in recent weeks, according to the Baltimore Fishbowl.
One of them was struck inside the recently established speed enforcement area prior to its official opening. This comes in October that a central highway’s speed camera count had risen, threatening to fine heavy-footed offenders $100.
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The installation of covert speed cameras along New York’s Interstate 84 will now require drivers to exercise considerable caution. These cameras, which use radar technology, have been placed all throughout New York State in an effort to catch speeding motorists.
However, sections of I-84 are being equipped with speed cameras to make sure cars follow the posted speed restrictions in order to safeguard construction workers and work areas.
In New York, radio station 101.5 WPDH reports that the covert cameras are being placed at work zones and locations where workers are repairing roadways.
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The purpose of the cameras, according to the New York Department of Transportation, is to safeguard construction workers and drivers. Keeping with New York, the state’s experimental AI cameras incorrectly identified over 4,000 automobiles as obstructing bus lanes, resulting in parking charges.
The embarrassing misunderstanding, according to officials, was caused by the cameras not being appropriately set for the routes they were recording. Earlier this year, several buses in New York City began to deploy artificial intelligence cameras.
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More than 1,020 buses are expected to have these cameras by the end of the year. It is anticipated that an additional 1,000 cameras will be deployed the following year.
The city is spending an incredible $83 million on the plan, and Hayden AI is accepting the contract.
