Speed Cameras
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Q & A with Chief Lanier
CommentDC Police Chief Cathy Lanier stops by, talks controversial topics and takes your calls.
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Washington D.C. is on track for record-low traffic fatalities in 2012
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D.C. lays claim to just six traffic fatalities as of May 11, according to the police department, compared to 14 traffic fatalities at this time last year. That's a drop of 57.1%.
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Welcome to Speed Camera City
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Mayor Vince Gray told the Council that eventually, he'd like to cover the entire city of Washington, D.C. with automated traffic cameras to enforce the rules of the road — with lots of fines and lots of revenue for the government.
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Speed cameras; Super Tuesday; Peyton Manning
CommentToday on NewsTalk AAA's Lon Anderson talked about distracted driving, the proliferation of speed cameras and more. Politico's Joe Williams and former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich gave analysis of Super Tuesday. And DC Pro Sports Report's Tom Threlkeld talked about whether the Redskins should pursue Peyton Manning.
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D.C. speed cameras added to 19 locations (map)
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This week, D.C. police added 19 speed cameras to city streets, with September as a grace period; violators will only be given warnings. Beginning Oct. 1, though, fines of between $75 and $250 will start arriving in offenders' mailboxes. To better acquaint you with the location of the new cameras — existing cameras can be found here — we've mapped them for you.
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Speed cameras: D.C.'s most ticketed locations
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Coming home from a long day of work to find not one, not two, but three pretty pink speeding tickets in the mail.
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College Park speed camera hours rolled back
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The city has four cameras on major arteries; three of them ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while a fourth only snapped photos between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Md. speed camera spots, warnings draw ire
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Two of the main debates over the use of remote speed monitoring devices have centered around their location and how much notice drivers are given before encountering a camera.
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Hyattsville considers adding cameras
Hyattsville is considering becoming the next town in Prince George's County to add its own speed camera program.
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Hyattsville officials consider installing speed cameras
The cameras — which photograph the license plates of drivers traveling 12 mph or more over the posted limits — can only be placed in designated zones surrounding schools.
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Maryland SafeZones cameras not independently certified
Documents obtained by StopBigBrotherMD.Org show that the VITRONIC Poliscan speed cameras used by the state-run Maryland SafeZones program may have run afoul of a requirement under state law
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Forest Heights speed camera investigation part II: The cover up
In Part I of our Investigation into Forest Heights speed cameras we disclosed a large number of citation photos which appear to show inaccurate speed readings by the town's cameras
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Speed cameras dole out fewer tickets in city
Speed cameras placed on Metzerott Road have given out significantly fewer tickets since the early weeks of their existence.
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Reasons to be car-free in DC: MPD's all-seeing eyes
First, we thought they didn't work. Now, we think they do. Red light and speeding cameras are here to stay, for better or for worse.
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Chevy Chase Village shifts expenses to avoid camera fund restrictions
Chevy Chase Village's speed camera fund budget seems to be shifting resources to speed camera program 'expenses.'
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Technical glitch may cause errors in some cameras
A recently released report exposed a software defect in a certain model of LIDAR(laser) based speed camera which can cause errors.
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State, Baltimore County consider speed camera legislation
Baltimore County is nearing a vote on a plan to expand its speed camera program to an unlimited number of cameras.
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D.C. cameras could enforce more than speeding
The regional traffic cameras many have touted with preventing auto accidents may soon be issuing tickets for violations other than just speeding or running red lights.
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