DAYTON — The City of Dayton is looking into expanding its speed enforcement camera system to protect more students in school zones.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the program has been around for 20 years.
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State lawmakers have abolished or restricted these systems several times, but they are legal and mostly used in school zones.
Assistant City Manager Joe Parlette told News Center 7 that Dayton is planning to expand its photo enforcement system.
“People speed through school zones, it’s just a fact,” Parlette said.
Every school zone has flashing lights and signs warning drivers to slow down.
Many school zones in Dayton, like Stivers High School on East Fifth Street, have speed cameras.
“We’ll deploy the cameras outside of the school zone to impact safety because we absolutely believe that photo enforcement saves lives,” Parlette said.
The city’s system currently operates 11 cameras in school zones and three in non-school sites.
Drivers who receive tickets can expect to pay $85, and late fees can add another $25.
City leaders believe the cameras are worth it.
The program paused in 2015, and the city recorded 31 traffic-related deaths.
Photo enforcement restarted in 2017, and the number of people killed stayed at 20 or less.
The city understands that no one likes to pay a ticket, but they also know the cameras reduce speeding, protect children, and help decrease the number of crashes.
“We don’t love cameras, we don’t rely on this revenue necessarily, but we know they work, and the data shows it,” Parlette said.
City leaders said the Dayton Police Department will likely choose where any new speed cameras go.
Speed cameras in school zones accumulated about $3 million in ticket revenue last year.
Ticket revenue collected from speed cameras outside of school zones goes to the state.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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