Fine time: Warning period ends for new Tempe photo enforcement system
With the warning period over, it’s now going to cost you if you get caught speeding or running a red light by the new Tempe photo enforcement system.
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PHOENIX – With the trial period over, it’s now going to cost you if you get caught speeding or running a red light by the new Tempe photo enforcement system.
The East Valley suburb activated cameras at multiple intersections on May 7. The devices monitored traffic during a 30-day warning period that ended Thursday.
But as of Friday, drivers will get $250 fines if the Tempe photo enforcement system catches them speeding or running a red light. If both violations are captured in one incident, it will count as two violations.
The Tempe Police Department will verify every violation before fines are issued.
Furthermore, criminal charges could apply when recorded speeds exceed certain thresholds under state law.
Photo enforcement is part of the Tempe Vision Zero plan, which has the ambitious goal of eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes in a city with around 190,000 residents.
Where are Tempe photo enforcement cameras installed?
The Tempe photo enforcement system includes 14 fixed red light cameras and four mobile units.
Officials looked at several factors, including the crash rate and the disparity between the posted and actual speed limits, when selecting the following 14 intersections for full-time cameras.
- Baseline and Rural roads
- Baseline Road and Mill Avenue
- Southern and Mill avenues
- Warner Road and McClintock Drive
- Guadalupe Road and McClintock Drive
- University and McClintock drives
- Broadway Road and McClintock Drive
- Broadway and Rural roads
- Elliot and Rural roads
- Elliot and Kyrene roads
- University and Priest drives
- Curry and Scottsdale roads
- Rio Salado Parkway and Rural/Scottsdale Road
- 48th Street and Broadway Road
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Comments
3 Comments
Don’t acknowledge receipt of the fine, and never answer the door.
As we've been told repeatedly by the "law and order' crowd, if you aren't breaking the law then you have nothing to worry about. Comments on this article will indicate how a person drives on a daily basis.
More officers on patrol would be a better idea. A traffic camera can't do much about the other criminals lurking the city streets.