Mobile speed safety cameras designed to protect school zones are creating unexpected traffic problems for Colorado Springs drivers, according to local residents who say poor placement is causing dangerous backups.
Justin Baker photographed one of the enforcement vehicles parked Thursday morning on Shelton Road in the middle of a traffic lane with a single orange cone for visibility. The placement, near Centennial Elementary School and a busy intersection, created significant traffic delays during the morning commute.
“The new law enforcement speed vehicles was posted out on Shelton Road in the middle of the lane. He only had one cone out. You really can’t even see what is going on until you get up to it. All the traffic was backed up,” Baker said.
The backup frustrated drivers navigating their early commutes, with morning sunlight making the single cone even harder to spot…