PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Philadelphia Parking Authority is using speed cameras to compel drivers to slow down in school zones.
The cameras have been installed around five schools with frequent serious crashes in recent years.
The speed cameras are being activated on Tuesday, Feb. 17 around five Philadelphia schools — John B. Stetson Middle School, KIPP North Philadelphia Charter School, Widener Memorial School, the High School of the Future, and William L. Sayre High School. At Stetson, drivers going 11 mph over the 15 mph speed limit in the mornings and afternoons will be issued warnings for the first 60 days, and then $100 fines after that…