Balto County Police: Speed Camera Citations Drop, Accident Numbers Remain Constant
Personally I see this as good news as slower speeds will help encourage more kids to bike or walk to school and hopefully put a dent in the obesity epidemic. The fact that when the speed cameras first went up there was a huge number of violations shows that we have a huge problem with scoff-law motorists and that needs to be curtailed. Every road cannot be a supper fast expressway, speeds need to be prudent for the conditions and for the safety of other road users as well. Remember the chance of a pedestrian dying in car crash goes up dramatically between 25mph and 45mph, and at 45mph to odds of a pedestrian surviving are not good.
And I would like to point out 2009 crash stats, Baltimore County had 21 pedestrian deaths while the much larger Montgomery County had only 9 pedestrian deaths, something needs to be done to make Baltimore County pedestrian friendly. Reference: 2009 Pedestrian Fatality Rate by County <a href="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20110126113548321">http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20110126113548321</a>
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