Every speed camera ticket is deserved Re: “County works to get speed camera lawsuit dismissed,” May 17 The Examiner’s article about speed cameras didn’t explain that Montgomery County police employees operate the program. Every automated speed citation is reviewed by two people — a county employee and a police officer — to ensure that every car that receives a ticket deserved one. On March 5, 2008, the Attorney General’s Office confirmed in an opinion that “while the contractor supplies the cameras and vehicles, the equipment is physically operated by county employees,” and therefore meets the requirements of state law. Speed cameras are working. In a study completed for cameras with a one-year history, they decreased vehicle speed by an average of 22 percent and reduced collisions by 25 percent. Montgomery County makes no secret of the location of its speed cameras. Not only are signs posted on all roads with cameras, the locations are also listed on the county’s Web site. Go to www.montgomerycountymd.gov/safespeed and then click on “Locations.” Drivers who continue to speed in communities where people live and children go to school are a danger to others, and speed cameras are proving to be an effective deterrent. Patrick Lacefield
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