Response to Arlington County adding more school zone speed cameras
Dec 18, 2024
ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) —Arlington County has installed additional speed cameras near school zones so that drivers are forced to slow down.
Arlington County will install additional PhotoSPEED cameras by Jan. 6. This is on top of the cameras that have already been installed.
Officials hope this will help stop drivers from going over the speed limit when children are in the area.
Flashing lights in a school zone during students’ arrival and departure will alert drivers when these new speed cameras are on.
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The warning period for the new cameras is from Jan. 6, 2025, until Feb. 6, 2025. After that, violators will get a $100 ticket.
“It’s a good idea,” said dog walker Jennifer Talley. “Not only for the safety of these kids in the school but also for just the community.”
The cameras will take digital and video images of the cars that break the 25-mile-an-hour speed limit in the school zone.
“I walk this neighborhood a lot,” said Talley. “All the time and yeah, speeding is a problem.”
The cameras will be installed at these locations:
NB 700 block of N. George Mason Drive
NB 1600 block of N. Glebe Road
WB 4100 block of Lorcom Lane
SB 2500 block of S. Arlington Ridge Road
EB 5800 block of Williamsburg Boulevard
SB 1000 block of N. McKinley Road
EB 3500 block of 2nd Street S.
NB 1600 block of N. Veitch Street
“It’s a common thing to see cars speeding, taking dangerous turns off of George Mason and there have been a multitude of accidents,” said pedestrian Larry Bowring.
Since the start of the school year, Arlington County has issued more than 10,700 tickets from the PhotoSPEED cameras.