Cameron on Transportation
CAMERON TRANSPORTATION 2024
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We all know how bad the traffic is despite the State Police’s recent ticketing blitz on reckless drivers. On the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, in just one week, they made 170 traffic stops and issued 150 tickets (including 51 commercial vehicles) totaling $8,000 in fines. That includes the arrest of a Norwalk cop accused of a road rage incident when he tried to run another car off the road. When even the cops are acting out, you know things are bad. Aside from radar, red light and speed cameras, some of the best tech being employed by cops these days is license plate readers (LPRs)… special cameras mounted on vehicles scanning license plates on passing cars. The system recognizes the plate number and sends the data to a national crime database, immediately alerting the officer to violations. Have an outstanding arrest warrant? Registration expired? No insurance? The LPR will know and you’ll probably get pulled over. A few years ago when my town was testing the technology, I did a ride-along with a local officer and watched it in action. The system flashed red so often, notifying the officer, that she couldn’t decide which violator to pull over.