Submitted by [deleted] t3_11ggfri in providence
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abap65 t1_japaa5y wrote
Exactly why I stopped going anywhere in Pawtucket, there are far to many cameras.
HighPlainsDrifting t1_jaos1bz wrote
I live in EP. Been driving 20 years never had a ticket. Got one in the mail for doing 35 at 3:57pm. The cutoff was 4pm.
SilverFocus7893 t1_jaotkal wrote
35 mph at 3:57 pm…. With no school in sight….no real Tickets in 20 years…You clearly are an absolute savage with no regard for the safety of others...
It’s a money grab… They take a concept that at face value makes sense… don’t speed in a school zone…and then bend the crap out of it to make more $.
Frosty-Vegetable-385 t1_jaoljp3 wrote
It was my understanding that the cameras are only in school zones. I believe they have posted signs that the speed limit is 20mph during school hours.
SilverFocus7893 t1_jaomuvv wrote
Apparently the entire town of east providence is a school zone and school is in session 24 hours a day.
Agreed… it’s obvious not to speed in school zone during school hours but this feels MUCH more extreme imo.
Frosty-Vegetable-385 t1_jaoxtu3 wrote
Since you mention having so many tickets, what speed camera(s) are giving you issues? Based on the information on the EP website, there are only five speed cameras, all in school zones.
SilverFocus7893 t1_jap456f wrote
You’re right. Next time I will refer to the EP website before I head out and might drive 1/4 passed a school zone traveling at the lightning speed of 33mph… at 4pm. Thanks for your help, Karen?
V0nH30n t1_jap8u0f wrote
So you'll be paying this ticket again soon huh?
LearnByDoing t1_jar70fy wrote
Yeah, "only in school zones" and "during school hours" makes it all seem sooo rational. The reality is try driving 20mph. It is incredibly, unnaturally slow and 15mph below the normal posted limit of 35mph. Second, it's not just during opening and dismissal, it's all day long, even when no children are anywhere around. And finally, the whole program is administered by a private company who installed the equipment. You send your "fine" to them and they pocket the majority of the revenue as profit and only pass on a small fraction to the city. This is obscene public policy in the guise of children's safety.
cowperthwaite t1_jaowi1p wrote
Last session, East Providence asked the state to unlink speed cameras from school zones.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22069606-jan21_20cc-1-1#document/p7
By my last count, East Providence only has five speed camera locations.
>East Providence speed camera locations
>3070 Pawtucket Ave. at St. Mary Academy Bay View
>2680 Pawtucket Ave. at Kent Heights School
>179 Forbes St. at Riverside Middle School
>42 Bishop Ave. at St. Margaret School
>2000 Pawtucket Ave. at East Providence High School
Thac0 t1_jaotxvn wrote
Folks should have voted for John Rossi who was against the cameras last fall. SMH
noungning t1_japiwkh wrote
Whenever I see those damn cameras, I don't go beyond 25 because I can't chance it.
Previous_Floor t1_japne6x wrote
OP, you shouldn't be driving 33 mph in a 20 mph school zone.
What do you think your letter is going to accomplish?
SilverFocus7893 t1_japoxzs wrote
Read the first sentence captain obvious.
SaltyNewEnglandCop t1_jaoiccf wrote
Stop speeding.
33mph is 8 over if the speed limit is 25. Just shy of 25% over the limit.
Ragnarok-611 t1_jaoxm4r wrote
I got one the other day, speed limit dropped from 30 to 20. I was going 35 and got a ticket. Ridiculous. It's just a way to milk out more money, I'd like to see the calibration on those cameras to prove they are correct in matching people speed.
overthehillhat t1_jaoho3o wrote
I 've already paid my fines
so I know now to wake up
and read the signs
for the ones in the school zones - -
where are those ones:?
"… with little to no warning… "?
?
SilverFocus7893 t1_jaoi2ow wrote
What?
[deleted] OP t1_jaokuwi wrote
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LearnByDoing t1_jaokx6u wrote
Those speed cameras are enough to make me reconsider what business I visit in EP. And I would damm sure never live anywhere near one. EP muni government should be ashamed of themselves for a disgusting money grab.