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Friday, January 12, 2018

62% of Montgomery County Drivers Interviewed Favored Automated Speed Enforcement

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In May 2007, Montgomery County, Maryland, implemented the state's first automated speed enforcement program, with camera use limited to residential streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less and school zones. Changes were made to the program over time. In 2009, a state speed camera law increased the enforcement threshold and restricted school zone enforcement hours. In 2012, the county began using a corridor approach, in which cameras were periodically moved along the length of a roadway segment.
Results:
  • 59 percent reduction in the likelihood that a vehicle was traveling more than 10 mph above the speed limit at camera sites.
  • When interviewed in fall 2014, 95 percent of drivers were aware of the camera program, 62 percent favored it.
  • The overall effect of the camera program . . . was a 39 percent reduction in the likelihood that a crash resulted in an incapacitating or fatal injury.
Conclusions: This study adds to the evidence that speed cameras can reduce speeding, speeding-related crashes, and crashes involving serious injuries or fatalities.