Resolve to Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority to Conduct a Pilot Program to Implement Automated Speed Control Systems in Highway Work Zones.
The Maine Turnpike Authority is proposing a 3-year pilot program to keep people safe at highway work zones—because signs and orange cones aren’t enough to protect crew working just feet from fast-moving traffic. This bill will allow cameras to record license plates of vehicles going more than 11 mph in active work zones. This is not a bill about cameras or generating more revenue. It’s a bill about safety. Speed monitoring technology will only be used when crews, engineers and others are actively working at a construction site. If a vehicle goes 11 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit, the system takes a picture the license plate—similar to E-ZPass. The first speeding violation triggers a warning to the registered owner of the car; after that, a $100 ticket. At the end of the three-year pilot, the Turnpike Authority will report findings to lawmakers on how the program operated and its impact on work zone safety. Every dollar from violations goes directly into the State’s General Fund—none of it stays with the Turnpike Authority. The program uses no tax dollars. Personal information stays private, and all data is deleted within 30 days after the violation is resolved, whether by payment or final adjudication.
This pilot is about making Maine’s Turnpike the safest interstate highway it can be. It’s about protecting lives-- workers and drivers alike.
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In Maine, we average over 500 crashes and
2 fatalities per year in work zones
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 Glen Dunlap |
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