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Last October, Baltimore City placed 50-ish permanently located speed cameras in and around the area within designated School Zones – essentially any area within a half-mile of a school, which as many have noted essentially covers a majority of Baltimore’s land mass, save some of its most industrial areas. As of May 24th it would seem that the safety of Baltimore’s children is still in a dire state of terror (even when school is not in session) necessitating the addition of four portable speed camera units, which will rotate periodically through 20 additional locations. These cameras will have the ability to maneuver into a more dangerous area – should the need arise – where children are dying at unbelievable rates as a result of rampant speeding. Unlike the last round of camera installations, these new cameras carry no warning or 30 day grace period and will immediately result in a $40 civil fine for exceeding the speed limit by 12 mph or more, you unbelievable monsters of speed. |
At any rate, we’ve updated our Google Map which lists all of these locations so the concerned citizen can be more aware. Of the children. And the danger they are constantly in. Roughly $40 worth of danger.
View theBaltimore City Speed Cameras map.
I’ve got a really great trick to circumnavigate getting a fine from one of these cameras. When the speed limit is marked as 25 mph, I trick the sensors by driving at the posted speed. The speed cameras don’t seem to work right when you trick them like that. If everyone in Maryland employed the same trick, there would be a 90% reduction in the over 100 pedestrian deaths every year. Mapping the camera locations also circumnavigates getting a ticket. Unfortunately it is less effective at preventing pedestrian deaths.
Dukie these locations are all publicly available on the Department of Transportation’s website. Putting them on a map adds some context to these locations so if you’re a frequent driver in any of those areas you might be more aware of them and hit the brakes occasionally. I’m not going to editorialize – subtly or not – any further on the issue.
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Great work, Evan! I’ve saved that to “My Maps” so that I can easily and conveniently access it as a layer of Google Maps on my BlackBerry.
I’m just glad that I finally know the price of one Baltimore child.
It’s sad that the City has to hit peoples wallets and purses to get them to acknowledge that speeding causes deaths. However, I think when schools are closed the cameras should be off. That makes me believe that the State is just using this as another means to make money off the public. We are in a recession. People just don’t have money to fill every gready person’s pocket.
New speed camera at 900 33rd st in Baltimore.West bound. Found out today in the mail.
thanks!
state of maryland and city of baltimore are most corrupted state in US. The govermant and agency work together for cheating money from public. Do you how much the camera and maintance cost? I never hear this news.
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/AgenciesDepartments/Transportation/SpeedMonitoringLocations.aspx
that was a bloody December! 3 tickets in a row. 4 in the year. that hurt! that’s when I looked around and I found your site.Good. Some of those cameras are in the loneliest parts of town (Erdman Ave camera: wtf, who walks in that vast siberia?) and places that are really dangerous have no enforcement (Cold Spring Ln between Charles and Roland Ave-you have a camera at Cold S Ln and Rolant, but there’s minimal risk there!!!) Now i know where they are, I can put them in a handheld map and check the road for them . . . but oh, you can’t be looking at anything other than a hamburger when you drive! it’s the regulation! Sometimes i think there are too many butts thinking in the city. And time doesn’t help them.
Good Blog!!!