Heads-Up: Speed Cameras In Use Starting Today

A while back, Montgomery started using red-light cameras, an activity that I was, and am still, adamantly opposed to. But now, they've decided that isn't enough. So beginning today, they will deploy speed cameras. That's right, the trend to automate traffic enforcement is well under way here in Montgomery, Alabama.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111215/NEWS01/112150323/Montgomery-police-start-using-camera-speed-enforcement-Friday

The mobile camera program will be used to issue citations to speeders in school and construction zones as well as residential neighborhoods. The system will be used beginning Friday. A warning period will be in place until Jan. 16, after which citations will be issued.

The photos taken of speeding vehicles will be reviewed by the operating company for the system and then MPD personnel before any citations are issued. The fine will be $60 for first and second offenses and $100 for third and subsequent offenses within a 12-month period.

The citations will be civil rather than criminal and will not count against the offender's driving record. Residents will be able to appeal citations in Montgomery Municipal Court.

Those of you who like electronic law-enforcement and the de-humanization of our legal system should be pleased. The rest of us will grit our teeth in detestation and continue on with our lives.