While some Virginia jurisdictions have implemented speed cameras in school zones and high-risk intersections, Public Information Officer Sergeant Rick Garletts says this is something new for Virginia State Police, “We only control two cameras throughout the state right now – that’s Augusta County and Roanoke and Botetourt County.”
The speed limit in the work zones hasn’t changed, but the method for enforcing it has.
“If you’re caught in that work zone, above that posted speed limit, you may get a ticket – and there’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it,” Garrletts says emphatically.
A frequent excuse of speeding drivers has been that they are simply staying with the flow of traffic. But the new speed cameras, with their unblinking eye, are capable of capturing and citing entire groups of vehicles…