Watch your speed in Lake Forest Park - new school zone camera installed
Thursday, May 21, 2015
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| Traffic camera in LFP |
A new School Zone Traffic Safety Camera has been installed on 37th Ave NE in front of Brookside Elementary School and will become active beginning Tuesday May 26, 2015. Enforcement signs have been in place for the past three months in anticipation of the completion of this projects.
Traffic safety camera systems are a safety measure designed to reduce and prevent speeding and collisions. The goal of our program, since beginning in 2009, has been pedestrian safety in our school zones, and collision reduction on SR 522 (Bothell Way).
The program is used as a force-multiplier, adding to the good behavior of drivers and enforcement capacity of the department. The cameras enable police department staff, which is typically running at minimum levels, to perform other functions that address a wide range of public safety tasks.
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3 comments:
Sounds like a money grab in the name of safety. How much does LFP send to the camera company for the right to over ticket and over charge us for rolling 5 mph over in those areas?
Over charge you? Best you check the fine structure for illegally going five over in a posted school zone. Don't speed in a school zone and you will deprive the city of the money. Pretty simple solution.
It's a money grab, AND it's safety. It can be both. A genius like yourself can probably figure out that slowing down for a few seconds can preempt a ticket. Kvetching is super fun though.
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