. Instead, drivers face $50 fines for any violation, regardless of how fast the driver is going or how many times the car had been caught speeding previously.
Across the city, 2,000 speed cameras monitor 750 school zones. In 2020, speed cameras caught drivers speeding 4,397,375 times, according to the most recent data available, outlined in a DOTNew York City was granted the authority to start a speed camera program by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature in 2013. Within a matter of months, it seemed to have changed drivers’ behavior.
In school zones where cameras were present, there was an 8% decline in crashes where someone was injured and a 20% decline in crashes where children were injured while walking or on bikes.
Traffic fatalities have been on the rise, with 142 people killed on New York City streets through last Thursday. That represents a 20 percent increase from 2019, the year before the pandemic hit and disrupted normal traffic patterns, according to DOT data.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
this is why people leave cities in record numbers
Gee, I wonder why we need cameras to do our enforcement for us.
EmilyAssembly My guess is that there is a lot of overlap between people who are anti-speed camera and pro-stop and frisk.
Being a supporter of 'Vision Zero' requires ignoring the constitutional rights of fellow citizens and that is fascistic intolerance.
Vision Zero turns the constitution upside down with the idea that you are guilty until proven innocent and took away the right to face your accuser and now they steal your property without due process.
Remember when they lied to us and said 'No, no, no. The cameras are only for school safety and will only be installed at school zones.'
Good.
Cash grab
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