WASHINGTON – Nearly two dozen new speed cameras have been activated in Prince George’s County and violators will begin receiving tickets soon.
The new locations are an expansion of a speed camera program that began in the county last September. In its first 40 days, speeding in school zones where cameras were located was reduced by almost 50 percent.
“Believe it or not, after you’ve gotten a couple of those tickets, you tend to be aware that you’re speeding,” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker told WTOP in September.
Baker said the county planned to continue expansion, and hoped to have 72 cameras operating sometime in 2012. This latest expansion will add 24 new locations.
The camera’s operate between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and are activated when they detect a driver traveling 12 or more miles over the speed limit.
The fine for each violation is $40.
The new locations follow:
- 8400-9000 block(s) of Allentown Rd
- 9000-9200 blocks of Muirkirk Road
- 5700-6300 blocks of Ager Road
- 7600-6900 blocks of Adelphi Road
- 9400-9700 blocks of Temple Hill Road
- 6900-7400 blocks of Walker Mill Road
- 9100-10000 blocks of Ardwick Ardmore Road
- 6800-7100 blocks of High Bridge Road
- 1800-2400 Owens Road
- 2100-2600 blocks of Sansbury Road
- 11600-11900 blocks of Old Baltimore Pike
- 5400-6100 blocks of Sargeant Road
- 6700-7100 blocks of Columbia Park Road
- 2100-2400 County Road
- 9800-9900 blocks of Good Luck Road
- 9800-10000 blocks of Allentown Road
- 8300-8600 Contee’ Road
- 2200-2500 blocks of Ritchie Road
- 800-1100 blocks of Hill Road
- 000-800 blocks of Harry S. Truman Drive
- 6100-6400 blocks of Auth Road
- 500-1100 blocks of Brightseat Road
- 4600-5600 blocks of Brinkley Road
- 5000-5300 blocks of Marlboro Pike
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