Baltimore makes $15 million in speed camera citations
379,237 citations issued in first year
Photographer: WMAR
Posted: 12/13/2010
BALTIMORE -
The city of Baltimore could make more than 15 million dollars in speed camera revenue during the first year of the program.
The city’s department of transportation says from November 1st of 2009 when it started ticketing drivers to November 1st of this year, it handed out 379,237 citations for speeding. While not every citation is paid, each one is worth 40 dollars for a grand total of nearly 15.2 million dollars.
The speed camera program did not start off smoothly. In February ABC2 reported that nearly half the cameras were not fully operational three months after the program started.
The city and the contractor were at odds late last winter before all the cameras were up and running.
City leaders and department of transportation officials insist the speed cameras are not a revenue generator, rather a safety tool.
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