Hawaii’s speed enforcement cameras off to slow start with zero citations

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii’s new speed enforcement camera system has issued zero speeding citations in its first 12 days of operation at 10 intersections, despite state officials issuing half a million warnings over the prior seven months.

A computer programming glitch has prevented citations from being processed, according to state officials.

“It’s just a setup thing for us, so we’re working on the software setup on the back ends to ensure that when it gets to judiciary, it’s as efficient as possible,” said state transportation director Ed Sniffen.

System links speed and red light violations

The problem stems from speed citations coming from red light cameras, which linked the two different offenses and required an extra processing step…

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