Could Cameras Be Used To Catch Speeders On I-10?

January 11, 2015

Could cameras be used to catch speeders on I-10? That’s a question Sen. Greg Evers posed this week during a meeting of  the Senate Transportation Committee. He wanted to know if all those cameras installed along I-10 for safety could ever be used to crack down on speeders.

Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who has long opposed local governments using red-light cameras, said he would block any efforts to use fixed electric eyes to nab highway speeders.

Reichert replied that the department hasn’t had such discussions.

“I know some states up in the Northeast are looking into that,” Reichert said. “The discussions, as far as I’m aware, have not been taking place in Florida.”

As Evers appeared ready to press the issue, Brandes cut into the conversation.

“Let me put your heart at rest; not while I’m chair,” Brandes declared.

Last year, Brandes backed a bill — eventually vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott — that would have allowed speed limits to be increased on state highways. Brandes has also attempted legislation focused on repealing the state’s red-light camera law.

The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.

Comments

16 Responses to “Could Cameras Be Used To Catch Speeders On I-10?”

  1. Ed White on February 21st, 2018 4:16 pm

    Freedom is not Free, it is bought with tears, an the Blood of Patriots, let us not simply give it away. In response to being scared, or by intimidation. E White

    When they came for the (insert thing here), I said nothing. When they came for (insert something you really don’t care for here), I said nothing. Then when they came for what I care about, nobody was around to care.

    ‘Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.- Ben Franklin

  2. Matt on January 15th, 2015 10:03 am

    Alex, where do you get your information?

  3. DavidHuieGreen on January 13th, 2015 10:30 am

    REGARDING:
    “Get off you butts and do that type of work yourself no need for automating it.”

    Using that line of reasoning, speeders should stop using automation/machinery to speed.
    Leave the car at home? Should fix the problem.

    It’s not really a game needing a level playing field for law breakers and law enforcers.

    David for fewer fatalities

  4. Alex on January 12th, 2015 6:06 pm

    Really,people thinks it’s spying.what ever it takes to protect me from speeders( NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF WRECKS) then be it.wish they would do cell phone use at intersections. Break the law ,pay the fine.guess those that thinks it’s wrong,would want all cameras out of quick stops to

  5. Speedy Gonzales on January 12th, 2015 5:22 pm

    “Me” is right.

    If the State can send a picture of me speeding or running a red light as proof of the “crime”, can I in turn send a picture of money to pay the citation?

  6. jeeperman on January 12th, 2015 1:55 pm

    If the reason for speed limits was safety, they would install fake radar guns along the interstate. To send out false signals to radar detectors.

  7. Sage 2 on January 11th, 2015 6:36 pm

    The breaking of laws? Speeding seems to fall in that category. Most will comply,because they do.

    However, in all honesty…if breaking the law is criminal, as speeding is, then it boils down to something all of us can understand…honesty and pregnancy!

    You either are, or you’re not. There is no just being a little honest or a little pregnant.
    You either are, or you’re not. When citizens can’t control themselves, then the authority of the law must remind them to do so through fines and penalty.

    The penalty for breaking rules were learned in kindergarten…TIME OUT!

    Bottom line…walkin’ ain’t too crowed these days. :-) )))

  8. me on January 11th, 2015 4:39 pm

    Don’t cheat guys. If you catch me speeding then so be it but if you have to set up a camera to catch me then that is CHEATING!!! Everyone speeds and using cameras would create one heck of a revenue stream but I say NO!!! Get off you butts and do that type of work yourself no need for automating it.

  9. jeeperman on January 11th, 2015 4:38 pm

    Cameras are part of the Sunguide and Florida 511 traffic info systems.
    With nearly all new vehicles equipped with GPS units, it is not too far fetched to see future speeding tickets being issued based on info from those GPS units.

  10. D.O. on January 11th, 2015 12:41 pm

    They are politicians, they cannot tell a lie

    And you can keep your own insurance plan if you want to

  11. JT on January 11th, 2015 11:55 am

    @BobC – The cameras that are up now are for Sunguide to monitor the interstates and assist agencies during situations on the Interstate. They are not speed cameras. I hope they are never used in this state. Automated law enforcement is not a good thing.

  12. dh on January 11th, 2015 10:48 am

    I see the politicians are looking for a new revenue stream.

  13. Bob C. on January 11th, 2015 9:01 am

    Yep, have seen cameras along I-10 toward Tallahassee for the past couple years.

    Wondering WHY are they there?

    DOT removed the Emergency Call Boxes at the mile markers saying that in this time of cell phones the old phones were out-of-date and obsolete.

    Not sure these cameras could be use to determine a car’s speed except for which one passed another.

    So….WHAT is the official reason for them being along a public highway.?

  14. molinoman on January 11th, 2015 8:23 am

    May as well, drones and Google watch us anyway.

  15. Jane on January 11th, 2015 5:52 am

    In some of the other states you slow down because Big Brother is watching….

  16. Sam on January 11th, 2015 5:08 am

    I ‘m with brandes on this one. Too much government envolvement in our lives.

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