the state\u2019s first speed camera program<\/a> on highway construction zones, enacted under a bill signed last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul and intended to protect workers on the field from work intrusions and car accidents.<\/p>\nOfficials would not identify the exact locations of the cameras on Long Island or how many were already deployed. But DOT officials said work zones would be identified on a state website.<\/p>\n
While a photo of purported areas being targeted made its way across social media, officials declined to confirm or deny the post. The cameras will roam to different zones as needed. Twenty will be deployed on state maintained highways, while 10 will be on the Thruway.<\/p>\n
Karen Torres, 53, said the program will help prevent work zone accidents like the one that took her dad\u2019s life in 2006. Her father, Patrick Mapleson, a DOT employee, was filling potholes in Eastport when he was struck by a speeding and distracted cement truck driver. Torres said she didn\u2019t realize how dangerous construction jobs were until after that incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese men or women put their lives on the line every day and I don’t think people really understand that. They see them more as a nuisance,\u201d Torres said. Adding. \u201cThey\u2019re really making the road safer for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mobile camera units will only be rolling when workers are on the ground, not 24-7, according to Stephen Canzoneri, a spokesperson for the DOT.<\/p>\n
Citations will be sent by mail to New York residents within two weeks of the violation. Tickets will be mailed within 45 days to out-of-state residents.<\/p>\n
Unpaid fines may result in a hold on registration until fines are paid. Fines can be contested within 30 days after citations are received.<\/p>\n
The state will use 60% of fines collected to help pay for work zone safety projects, while the other 40% will go to the vendor, Verra Mobility of Roslyn Heights, officials said. The images are sent to the vendor operating the cameras. Officials said the company was chosen through a bidding process.<\/p>\n
Automated enforcement has been controversial on Long Island. When Nassau County launched a speed camera program near schools in 2014 it was repealed after public outcry and Suffolk County canceled its program. From September to November of that year, Nassau issued 400,000 tickets worth $24 million.<\/p>\n
Jay Beeber director of policy and research at the National Motorists Association, remained skeptical about the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very much in favor of Work Zone Safety and keeping workers safe. We feel that oftentimes, governments jump to enforcement first instead of using some other means to gain compliance from drivers,\u201d he said, noting that speed feedback signs that flash a driver\u2019s speed are effective at getting drivers to slow down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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