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Gov. Cuomo expands school zone speed camera program
Hundreds more school zone speed cameras are coming to New York City to help protect streets near schools.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Sunday that extended and expanded the city's school safety camera program from 140 locations to 750. The program was temporarily halted last summer after the State Senate failed to renew it - however, the Democratic-controlled Legislature made the cameras a top priority this legislative session.
Cuomo said the cameras have proved effective, as fatalities in school zones that have deployed the cameras have dropped 55% since the program began in 2014.
"It's fair to the motorists. It's fair to everyone involved. It's common sense," he said at a news conference at his Manhattan office on Sunday.
Under the expansion, the cameras will be activated weekdays between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., and any motorist caught going 10 miles-per-hour over the speed limit will receive a $50 summons. Cuomo said the city will prioritize the new camera locations based on DOT data on the most crash-prone zones.
The only bright spot: The bill also mandates posted signage that alerts drivers they are entering a school zone camera location. (Senator Tony Avella fought hard for this amendment).
"We know they work," Cuomo said of the cameras. "A person who gets hit by a vehicle going 30 miles per hour is twice as likely to die as a person hit by a car going 25 miles per hour."
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Gov. Cuomo expands school zone speed camera program
Hundreds more school zone speed cameras are coming to New York City to help protect streets near schools.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Sunday that extended and expanded the city's school safety camera program from 140 locations to 750. The program was temporarily halted last summer after the State Senate failed to renew it - however, the Democratic-controlled Legislature made the cameras a top priority this legislative session.
Cuomo said the cameras have proved effective, as fatalities in school zones that have deployed the cameras have dropped 55% since the program began in 2014.
"It's fair to the motorists. It's fair to everyone involved. It's common sense," he said at a news conference at his Manhattan office on Sunday.
Under the expansion, the cameras will be activated weekdays between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., and any motorist caught going 10 miles-per-hour over the speed limit will receive a $50 summons. Cuomo said the city will prioritize the new camera locations based on DOT data on the most crash-prone zones.
The only bright spot: The bill also mandates posted signage that alerts drivers they are entering a school zone camera location. (Senator Tony Avella fought hard for this amendment).
"We know they work," Cuomo said of the cameras. "A person who gets hit by a vehicle going 30 miles per hour is twice as likely to die as a person hit by a car going 25 miles per hour."
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