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Worcester County commissioners decline to pursue automated speed cameras near Ocean City Elementary
Summary
After a Public Works presentation showing 85th-percentile speeds about 12 mph over the limit on Center Drive near Ocean City Elementary, the board voted to not pursue automated speed cameras and instead discussed targeted enforcement by sheriff and state police.
Public Works presented data May 5 showing motorists on Center Drive, near Ocean City Elementary, were traveling at speeds that put the 80th/85th percentile roughly 12 miles per hour over the posted limit, and described state rules that allow automated speed-enforcement cameras in school and construction zones. "We found on Center Drive, folks were the the 80 percentile was 12 miles an hour over the speed limit," a Public Works staff member, Dallas, told the commissioners.
Dallas said the county would need an ordinance and a vendor to…
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