A set of speed cameras in a box in a four-lane tunnel in Washington D.C. has issued
over 61,000 speeding tickets in the past seven months.
The revenue from speed cameras and red-light cameras has grown to become
a noteworthy piece in the District’s $12.1 billion budget since the
devices made their debut 14 years ago. Overall, they took in $84.9
million in fiscal 2012. Since the current fiscal year began Oct. 1, the 10 most-profitable speed cameras have issued $29.5 million in tickets...
So far this fiscal year, the camera inside a 5-foot-tall steel box on K
Street is by far the most productive in the District. After its
$8.1 million in revenue, a camera on southbound D.C. 295 ranks second
with 33,495 tickets valued at $4.6 million.
What to watch for:
There are orange warning signs — “Photo Enforced” — hanging beneath the
25 mph signs on either end of the tunnel, but they are missed or ignored
by an average of 305 drivers a day who receive speeding tickets in the
mail.
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