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D.C. Moves Forward with Speed Camera Program

March 31, 2005 - 7:26am
WASHINGTON - The idea of traffic cameras may have been killed in Virginia, but the District is moving forward with its pilot program.

After more than a month of testing, D.C. police are activating four new speed cameras at fixed locations.

For now, warnings will be sent to lead foots who roar past the cameras. But starting March 21, speeders could be ticketed up to $200.

Two new cameras are positioned in Northwest, one in the 4700 block of MacArthur Boulevard and the other in the 5400 block of 16th Street. The others are in Northeast, in the 2800 block of Benning Road and the 100 block of Michigan Avenue.

They join the original fixed camera in the 600 block of Florida Avenue, Northeast. Another eight cameras rotate locations.

Last month alone, the city made more than $2.2 million from the speed cameras.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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