NYC speed cameras to run around the clock beginning Monday

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NYC speed cameras to run around the clock beginning Monday

By Selim Algar
July 31, 2022

City speed demons beware.

24-hour speed cameras are set to activate Monday morning at 2,000 locations throughout the five boroughs.

“New Yorkers deserve to be safe on our streets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and keeping our cameras on is a critical step in that direction,” Mayor Eric Adams said last month.

Currently, the cameras only operate between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., a limitation missed 59 percent of traffic fatalities that occurred during their down time, officials said.

Speed cameras were introduced in 2014, and violators generally only get one or two tickets — a sign that they serve as a deterrent, officials argue.

State lawmakers reached a deal to renew the camera program, which was set to expire at the end of June, and to allow tickets to be issued around-the-clock.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/31/nyc-speed-cameras-to-run-around-the-clock-beginning-monday/

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However, not all is well in the land of speed cameras:

NJ may make it impossible for states like NY to issue its drivers speed-camera tix

By David Meyer
July 12, 2022

New Jersey pols want to prohibit other states from accessing its driver records to levy speed and red light camera fines — setting up a confrontation with New York City, where the majority of out-of-state speeders come from the Garden State.

New Jersey state senators voted unanimously in favor of the legislation, which would prohibit the state’s DMV from providing license holders to states to issue red light or speed camera fines.

“We’ve heard from a number of folks, [on] both sides of the aisle, who all say that they get it,” bill co-sponsor Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth County) told The Post.

The Big Apple has added thousands of new speed cameras since 2019, and city officials point to statistics that show reductions in speeding and crashes at locations where they are installed.

Vehicles registered in New Jersey receive the bulk of the out-of-state violations, and the state’s drivers account for more unpaid tickets than drivers from any other state — including New York.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/nj-may-make-it-impossible-for-states-like-ny-to-issue-its-drivers-speed-camera-tix/