The flashing lights in the North Albany Road school zone worked. That is, they worked as intended. The number of speeding tickets is down, way down.
The flashing lights in the North Albany Road school zone worked. That is, they worked as intended. The number of speeding tickets is down, way down.
Starting today, forgetful drivers are getting a break in the school zone on North Albany Road. The City of Albany announced that the long-awaited installation of flashing lights was taking place.
Now it’s easy for people with Internet access to keep track of the traffic violations that Albany’s enforcement cameras are recording month by month.
Every time I have driven past the traffic cameras on North Albany Road in the last few months, and I do this twice a day, it has been impossible to get a ticket. Yet more than 300 drivers get speeding tickets there every month. How come?
Albany’s traffic cameras at four intersections are no longer new. You’d think drivers would have learned by now. But apparently not.
Installing flashing speed limit signs in the school zone on North Albany Road apparently will cost the city less than officials had expected.
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