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A traffic enforcement camera (also a red light camera, speed camera, road safety camera, bus lane camera, depending on use) is a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect motoring offenses, including speeding, vehicles going through a red traffic light, vehicles going through a toll booth ...
Gatso speed camera. Speed limits are enforced on most public roadways by authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits.Methods used include roadside speed traps set up and operated by the police and automated roadside 'speed camera' systems, which may incorporate the use of an automatic number plate recognition system. [1]
Each tunnel is 22 feet (6.7 m) wide and 14 feet (4.3 m) high, and accommodates two lanes of traffic. The maximum speed within the tunnel is 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). Two-way traffic may occur in either tunnel for overnight roadwork or during emergencies that close down one of the tunnels.
The camera that consistently caught the most “speeders” was near Middletown High School, which reported 80% of vehicles going 10 miles per hour above the “lower” speed limit in the morning ...
The technology to detect speed violations was implemented over time, starting at Silverton Road in 2019. Three more locations were added to the system in 2020.
In slow-moving traffic, or when the camera is at a lower level and the vehicle is at an angle approaching the camera, the shutter speed does not need to be so fast. Shutter speeds of 1 ⁄ 500 of a second can cope with traffic moving up to 65 km/h (40 mph) and 1 ⁄ 250 of a second up to 8 km/h (5 mph).
All the current speed camera locations were identified as priority areas on the high fatal and injury network map — areas of the city that are the most dangerous for pedestrians.
The speed limit for a road work or construction area is 10 mph (16 km/h) lower than the normal speed limit, but not more than 45 mph (72 km/h), when work is in progress. The speed limit for all other locations is 55 mph (89 km/h). The minimum limit that a speed can be set in a rural or urban district is 25 mph (40 km/h).