🚀 go-pugleaf

N8N wrote:
> John S. wrote:
> > N8N wrote:
> > > John S. wrote:
> > > > Kelley wrote:
> > > > > Speed Cameras Coming to Montgomery County
> > > > >
> > > > > New Law Takes Effect In 30 Days
> > > > >
> > > > > Under a measure that won final approval Wednesday in the
> > > > > Maryland General Assembly, Montgomery County will become
> > > > > the first jurisdiction in the state to use automated speed
> > > > > cameras in residential neighborhoods and near its schools.
> > > > >
> > > > > Calling the legislation an unnecessary government intrusion,
> > > > > Gov. Robert Ehrlich had vetoed a bill to allow the use of
> > > > > the cameras.
> > > > >
> > > > > But both the State Senate and House of Delegates voted
> > > > > to override Ehrlich's veto, and its passage was celebrated
> > > > > by Democratic lawmakers in Montgomery County as a way to
> > > > > make roads safer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Under the new law, which takes effect in 30 days, drivers
> > > > > caught going 10 mph or more above the speed limit could
> > > > > be fined as much as $40.
> > > > >
> > > > > The automated cameras are already in use in the District
> > > > > and a handful of other states.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.nbc4.com/news/6460938/detail.html
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a great idea to me...
> > > > Anything we can do to slow traffic where children are about is a good
> > > > idea.  A $40.00 fine may not get the message across though....
> > >
> > > It's for the CHIIIIILLLLLLDRUN!!!1!!!
> > >
> > > nate
> >
> > If Maryland really wanted the revenue all they would need to do would
> > be set up dozens of cameras around the east side of the beltway.  Fined
> > at $25.00 for each 5 mile increment over 55mph drivers would probably
> > generate enough fines to allow the stae income tax to be repealed.
>
> Or they could just set the speed limit properly, and the road would be
> safer.
>
> Actually I think that some of the east side is signed 65 MPH, but I
> don't drive that stretch much.  (I drive most of the rest of the
> beltway on a near daily basis, however...)
>

If traffic control is a revenue enhancer as some argue camera based
ticket writing on the beltway would be a natural.  Better than a state
run numbers game...er lottery.

Could be a recent change I suppose.  We take the Wilson bridge round
the beltway to route 50 and it's been marked 55mph.  Actual speeds vary
upwards to 100mph if you count the boyz on motorcycles playing chase in
heavy traffic.