{"id":159352557,"date":"2010-01-19T08:35:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T08:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=159352557"},"modified":"2010-01-19T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T08:35:57","slug":"8800-speed-camera-citations-issued-in-6-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=159352557","title":{"rendered":"8,800 speed camera citations issued in 6 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Maryland highway officials say nearly 8,800 citations were issued during the first six weeks of the state&#8217;s speed camera enforcement program.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-November, State officials began photographing vehicles exceeding the speed limit by 12 mph or more on three stretches of highway marked as work zones and sending out $40 tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Signs that read &quot;Speed Photo Enforced: Work Zone&quot; warn motorists that cameras might be present. Cameras are installed in a pair of white Jeeps that rotate among the three locations: Interstate 95 between White Marsh Boulevard and Interstate-895, around the Charles Street exit of Baltimore&#8217;s Beltway and along the Intercounty Connector construction area on I-95 in Prince George&#8217;s County.<\/p>\n<p>State Highway Administration spokesman David Buck says the aim is to change drivers&#8217; behavior and get them to slow down in work zones.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometownannapolis.com\/news\/reg\/2010\/01\/18-05\/8800-speed-camera-citations-issued-in-6-weeks.html?ne=1\">https:\/\/www.hometownannapolis.com\/news\/reg\/2010\/01\/18-05\/8800-speed-camera-citations-issued-in-6-weeks.html?ne=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>oldId.20100119083557487<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 Maryland highway officials say nearly 8,800 citations were issued during the first six weeks of the state&#8217;s speed camera enforcement program. In mid-November, State officials began photographing vehicles exceeding the speed limit by 12 mph or more on three stretches of highway marked as work zones and sending out $40 tickets. Signs &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=159352557\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;8,800 speed camera citations issued in 6 weeks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159352557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-the-metro-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159352557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159352557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159352557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159352557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159352557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159352557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}