03-20-2017, 09:55 AM
If it was "cost prohibitive" to have a photo radar box set up in a location - then I'd be skeptical of the claim that speeding is a problem in that area.
I know other jurisdictions have them in cases like I'm talking about, so they can definitely function, but I don't the overall effect. The biggest thing to me is that it has to be combined with long-term consequences and not just one-time fines. Add something like demerit points to speeding in pedestrian areas for less than 16 over. 16 over on a 400-series highway isn't that big of a deal. 16 over in a school zone is a lot worse.
I know other jurisdictions have them in cases like I'm talking about, so they can definitely function, but I don't the overall effect. The biggest thing to me is that it has to be combined with long-term consequences and not just one-time fines. Add something like demerit points to speeding in pedestrian areas for less than 16 over. 16 over on a 400-series highway isn't that big of a deal. 16 over in a school zone is a lot worse.