Valley residents despise few things more than getting caught by a speed camera.
Traffic enforcement cameras have a long, controversial history in Maricopa County. Once fairly common, they fell out of fashion after residents railed against feeling surveilled and being ticketed by third-party vendors and not actual cops. Many red-light cameras have remained, but speed enforcement cameras have largely disappeared. GOP state Sen. Wendy Rogers is even running a bill this year that would allow residents to decide for themselves whether to have speed cameras in their cities.
That bill has yet to be signed into law, but speed cameras have already made a comeback in Phoenix. Late last month, the city activated new speed cameras on certain roadways. For the first month, speeding drivers will receive only a warning. After that, the real speeding tickets will start going out…