Manatee County's speed cameras hit drivers with $500K in fines
Manatee County issued around half a million dollars in fines to drivers who sped through its school zones, the Bradenton Herald reports. Why it matters: The speeding tickets come after 10,600 warnings since the school year began in August and only three weeks of enforcement.
Close to $900,000 worth of fines issued in the last month to drivers speeding in Manatee school zones
Anyone caught going 11 miles over that speed limit in a school zone is hit with a $100 fine. $5 goes to training and retaining crossing guards. Manatee County Schools sent us this statement:
Nearly 9,000 citations issued to drivers speeding through Manatee County school zones in one month
Earlier this year, speed detection cameras were installed outside 24 Manatee County schools. A warning period started at the beginning of the school year, where drivers traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit received warnings.
Manatee school zone speeding cameras issue nearly $600K in fines in less than 3 weeks
Manatee County officials say RedSpeed installed its cameras at around two dozen schools at no cost to the government. However, the county sends the company $19.80 for each recorded violation. Based on the tickets issued as of Nov. 18, the company has received roughly $113,000 since ticket violations began at the beginning of November.
School zone speed cameras bring in nearly $900K in Manatee County
Since the start of the school year, new school zone speed cameras have been catching Manatee County drivers going fast in school zones. In the past month, nearly $900,000 in fines have already been handed out there,
Manatee County school zone cameras prompt nearly 9,000 speeding tickets
Despite a much-publicized 30-day grace period given earlier in the fall to notify the commuting public of the speed detection cameras, Manatee County officials say they still issued nearly 9,000 tickets to violation drivers within a three-week period.
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