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treichard:
Rather recently, the work zone speed limit signs along I-695 near the Charles St. interchange replacement project received a new, lower yellow tab: SPEED LIMIT 50 PHOTO ENFORCED.

Pretty much no one is going below 55 anyway.

mefailenglish:

--- Quote from: treichard on October 05, 2009, 05:17:27 PM ---Rather recently, the work zone speed limit signs along I-695 near the Charles St. interchange replacement project received a new, lower yellow tab: SPEED LIMIT 50 PHOTO ENFORCED.

Pretty much no one is going below 55 anyway.

--- End quote ---
They're doing the same thing on I-95 in the ICC construction zone, except they left the speed limit at 65.  The "PHOTO ENFORCED" warning seemed to be unheeded by 99.9% of traffic this morning, and I didn't notice any flash bulbs going off, so......

mightyace:

--- Quote from: mefailenglish on October 05, 2009, 05:58:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: treichard on October 05, 2009, 05:17:27 PM ---Rather recently, the work zone speed limit signs along I-695 near the Charles St. interchange replacement project received a new, lower yellow tab: SPEED LIMIT 50 PHOTO ENFORCED.

Pretty much no one is going below 55 anyway.

--- End quote ---
They're doing the same thing on I-95 in the ICC construction zone, except they left the speed limit at 65.  The "PHOTO ENFORCED" warning seemed to be unheeded by 99.9% of traffic this morning, and I didn't notice any flash bulbs going off, so......

--- End quote ---

I guess they got their "PHOTO ENFORCED" signs from the same company that used to supply Radio Shack with the phony "Security System" stickers.  :sombrero:

froggie:
Sounds to me like preliminaries.  While Maryland's new speed camera law allows their use in highway work zones, there's still a vetting process whereby their use needs to be approved by the local jurisdiction.  WTOP ran a story about it last week, and noted that only 3 jurisdictions...Baltimore City and County, and the city of Frederick...were close to approval.

I'm not sure how the law applies to SHA's work zones.

treichard:
Here's how the SHA says the work zone speed camera program will work.
http://www.sha.state.md.us/OC/Speed_camera_law_fact_sheet.pdf

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