Virginia

[Beltway]

Of course, Richmond is ridiculous when it comes to speed limits - there is no longer a single surface street in the city except for the non-freeway portion of Chippenham Parkway that has a speed limit higher than 35 mph. The last 45 mph speed limits on VA 147, VA 10 (south of Walmsley Blvd), US 360 (west of VA 161), and Warwick Road were lowered to 35 during the past few years. I fully expect that segment of Chippenham Parkway to get a 35 mph speed limit relatively soon.

I live near there and these reductions fit in with these "Road Diets" like on Warwick Road where two lanes of a busy 4-lane arterial were marked for bike lanes that get no use, in an area without the density to support any significant use.  Dumb decisions from the city council.

I don't think that Chippenham Parkway will see any reduction, though. It is an expressway between Forest Hill Avenue and Huguenot Road, and a freeway elsewhere.

[Rothman]

Let's just say that relieving officers, being paid salaries and benefits for other important duties through setting up simple canera trailers with one sunk cost and much cheaper operational costs has been found to be quite obviously mote cost effective on all sorts of levels, let alone increasing safety for the officers and general public themselves (e.g., law enforcement operating in a work zone has its own obvious logistical/operational complications).

Actually -- negative.

As of 2025, the Richmond Police Department (RPD) employs a dedicated team of officers to review and process photo speed enforcement citations, particularly those issued in school zones. While the exact number of officers currently assigned isn't publicly specified, the budget implies a team of roughly 5–6 full-time officers.

Richmond's photo speed enforcement program is managed in partnership with a private vendor based in Baltimore, and Richmond PD officers travel there to review citations. According to public statements from RPD leadership, officers are physically present at the vendor's facility in Baltimore to validate each citation before it's mailed. This ensures that a sworn officer confirms the violation meets legal standards and that the vehicle and license plate are clearly identifiable.

So those officers could be out doing real traffic law enforcement, not in Baltimore with a money sink. And that is just one city with about 220,000 population.

*citation needed* and it's VA's problem if they're doing it wrong.  Finally, I can only speak on cameras used for work zone speed enforcement wherw the benefits have been exactly what I stated.

[Beltway]

So those officers could be out doing real traffic law enforcement, not in Baltimore with a money sink. And that is just one city with about 220,000 population.

*citation needed* and it's VA's problem if they're doing it wrong.  Finally, I can only speak on cameras used for work zone speed enforcement wherw the benefits have been exactly what I stated.

"Citation needed" yourself. There are multiple problems pointed out about speed cameras in this thread.

There is far more overhead than one might think, and the cameras themselves are extremely expensive to have the technology to take those kind of precise photos at high speeds and in broad daylight.

I am certainly in agreement that speeding in work zones is a problem, and that more traffic  law enforcement is needed, but that speed cameras are not the solution.

I also know the work zones on I-64 GAP Widening (the subject here) and there are ample shoulders to pull speeders over via marked and unmarked cars.

[Rothman]

So those officers could be out doing real traffic law enforcement, not in Baltimore with a money sink. And that is just one city with about 220,000 population.

*citation needed* and it's VA's problem if they're doing it wrong.  Finally, I can only speak on cameras used for work zone speed enforcement wherw the benefits have been exactly what I stated.

"Citation needed" yourself. There are multiple problems pointed out about speed cameras in this thread.

There is far more overhead than one might think, and the cameras themselves are extremely expensive to have the technology to take those kind of precise photos at high speeds and in broad daylight.

I am certainly in agreement that speeding in work zones is a problem, and that more traffic  law enforcement is needed, but that speed cameras are not the solution.

I also know the work zones on I-64 GAP Widening (the subject here) and there are ample shoulders to pull speeders over via marked and unmarked cars.

Speaks volumes about the vakidity of your argument.  As someone that has a window into NY's program, all I can say is that your perspective is unfounded...and that VA sounds like it needs to shape up if what you're saying has any inkling of truth.