When you see enough drivers being pulled over by officers in unmarked patrol cars, you start sharpening your eyes in hopes of seeing something telltale that will tip you off to slow down.
Never mind that you shouldn’t be driving dangerously to begin with, but you know what I mean.
Of course, when it comes to work zones, it’s obvious. There are pedestrian workers on the highway, so you slow down. That’s an easy one. However, some people still think they need to arrive at their destination in record time. Since that’s a possibility, you need to eliminate the “guesswork.” Hence, we now have automated speed cameras set up at work zones in three counties in Kentucky.
Automated Speed Cameras
Kentucky House Bill 664 has paved the way for new automated cameras that will detect when a vehicle exceeds the speed limit by 10 miles per hour in a highway work zone. The devices will flash when a worker, peace officer, or official marked vehicle is present. However, in work zones, I wouldn’t ever go 10 mph over what the sign says. And in some cases, when the lane is excessively narrow or I’m going over a bridge, I’ll go even slower than what the sign says…