Automated Speed Cameras Go Active in Kentucky County Work Zones

When you see enough drivers being pulled over by officers in unmarked patrol cars, you start sharpening your eyes in hopes of seeing something telltale that will tip you off to slow down.

Never mind that you shouldn't be driving dangerously to begin with, but you know what I mean.

Of course, when it comes to work zones, it's obvious. There are pedestrian workers on the highway, so you slow down. That's an easy one. However, some people still think they need to arrive at their destination in record time. Since that's a possibility, you need to eliminate the "guesswork." Hence, we now have automated speed cameras set up at work zones in three counties in Kentucky.

Automated Speed Cameras

Kentucky House Bill 664 has paved the way for new automated cameras that will detect when a vehicle exceeds the speed limit by 10 miles per hour in a highway work zone. The devices will flash when a worker, peace officer, or official marked vehicle is present. However, in work zones, I wouldn't ever go 10 mph over what the sign says. And in some cases, when the lane is excessively narrow or I'm going over a bridge, I'll go even slower than what the sign says.

Here's how these cameras will work.

Some may equate this to aircraft-monitored speed, but violators won't be mailed any tickets. It won't work like that. Rather, officers will be stationed beyond the work zones and will issue citations in person.

The first automated speed cameras are already in use in Fayette County on U.S. 25, on I-75 near Corbin, and on I-64 in Shelby County.

[SOURCE: LEX18-Lexington]