Some drivers in Fairfax County, Virginia, were shocked recently to open their mailbox and find notices accusing them of going a whopping 36 mph in a 35 mph zone.
The tickets were issued by robotic cameras set up to prey on traffic passing in front of several schools. The policymakers who came up with the idea swore the cameras would go after flagrant offenders only. As so often happens with government, however, what’s initially promised is not what you end up getting., the contractor that runs every aspect of the program, is supposed to operate the speed cameras only when children are nearby.
Fairfax County’s cameras are under contract to issue tickets through 2027, with options to extend for several more years. Under the lucrative deal signed in December, the county cannot take away any cameras, even after they prove ineffective from a public safety perspective, under a clause that states that “the County will not reduce the requested number of systems or deployment thereof during the term of the contract.
Instead, the photo ticketing contract piggybacks on the arrangement in Montgomery County, Maryland, bringing with it all the baggage that comes with copying a program that has also been caught falsely accusing people of speeding.
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