By rssfeeds-admin Drivers who clock 11 miles per hour or more above the 35-mile-per-hour limit will get warnings for 30 days. Then tickets arrive by mail.
“There’s about 8,000 to 12,000 violations in one single direction on Capitol Trail in a week,” said Lt. Greg D’Elia of the Newark Police Department to NBC Philadelphia.
The department installed the camera on Hillside Road back in March. Officers say motorists blow past the posted limit on Capitol Trail. Some zoom at twice the allowed speed. These infractions happen all day but spike when workers commute during morning and evening hours.
Capitol Trail sees 19,943 vehicles each day. The two-lane road has homes lining both sides and lacks shoulders. Officers conducted a traditional speed check on June 1 before the automated system began catching violators.
“The city is not seeing anything in this. This is not a revenue generator,” D’Elia said.
Tickets start at $31. They climb based on how fast someone was traveling. Fines can hit $170. These are civil penalties, so they won’t add points to your license or make insurance rates jump.
Money from tickets pays the company that maintains the camera and handles citations. Extra funds go to the Delaware Office of Highway Safety for its programs.
The camera costs the city $5,700 each month. Officials figure the total yearly expense, with labor included, will land between $110,000 and $115,000.
This single speed camera will rotate among 15 spots across the city. Those locations include Paper Mill Road, Nottingham Road, New London Road, West Main Street, Casho Mill Road, and South College Avenue.
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