Baltimore County to relocate 3 speed cameras
The Baltimore County police will move three of their speed cameras from sites where driving behavior has improved to locations where additional enforcement may be needed, Chief James Johnson announced Thursday.
County-run speed cameras, which issue $40 tickets to drivers going 12 mph or more over the speed limit in selected school zones, will be installed at Middle River Middle School, Eastern Technical High School and Catonsville High School.
Police said an improvement in driver conduct since speed cameras were installed will allow them to deactivate cameras at Sparrows Point High School, Hawthorne Elementary School and Lansdowne High School. Some equipment may remain in place even after the cameras are moved, the department said.
Cameras will remain in place at 12 existing locations. All of the cameras will be used for enforcement from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., police said. Motorists will get a 30-day grace period at each of the new locations during which warnings rather than citations will be issued.
According to Johnson, the new sites were chosen after an analysis of speed studies and crash statistics. Police said the portable cameras will be installed so that traffic can be monitored in both directions.
For Middle River, the school zone is located in the 800 block of Middle River Road; for Eastern, the 1100 block of Mace Avenue, and for Catonsville, the 500 block of South Rolling Road. Residents along South Rolling Road have been particularly vocal in seeking a police crackdown on speeders in their neighborhood.
