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HangingwithBears 270 reads
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They're starting with 4 parks this week and moving to a total of 12 cameras in September spread between school zones and parks. The rationale is to have cameras at all school zones and parks by next year, somewhere around 300 total which will put roughly have the city streets in speed camera zones.

So think about this. Within a year, half of the time you're driving in the city, you'll be monitored by speed cameras. Nice huh? Tickets start at only 6 MPH over, 6-10 is a $35 fine, 11 and above is a $100 fine. As far as the hobby is concerned, hobbyists who don't live in the city and have no reason to be in the city are at an increased risk of getting a ticket mailed to our residences. I'm in the less-than-10-over club which in the past was a free ride. Now 5 over is the limit so that'll be a major change in my behavior. Or... I don't come into the city anymore unless it's unrelated to the hobby.

If you're trying to fly UTR in this hobby, stay under the 5-over rule :-)

HangingwithBears830 reads

We all like being on time for appointments but take heed starting tomorrow. The first four speed cameras in Chicago will be operational with another 8 coming soon and 50 by the end of the year.

Being a little late for an appointment beats the heck out of warning tickets showing up in the mailbox so be careful out there.

Related Link: First Chicago Speed Cameras

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Crisis25499 reads

These don't scare me. I've had to run countless lights.  

Posted By: Polish_Pirate
We all like being on time for appointments but take heed starting tomorrow. The first four speed cameras in Chicago will be operational with another 8 coming soon and 50 by the end of the year.  
   
 Being a little late for an appointment beats the heck out of warning tickets showing up in the mailbox so be careful out there.

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JcsPlayGround356 reads

The city has to make money some how, beside raising taxes all the time.

Are the speed camera only by parks?

Kisses  
JC

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HangingwithBears271 reads

They're starting with 4 parks this week and moving to a total of 12 cameras in September spread between school zones and parks. The rationale is to have cameras at all school zones and parks by next year, somewhere around 300 total which will put roughly have the city streets in speed camera zones.

So think about this. Within a year, half of the time you're driving in the city, you'll be monitored by speed cameras. Nice huh? Tickets start at only 6 MPH over, 6-10 is a $35 fine, 11 and above is a $100 fine. As far as the hobby is concerned, hobbyists who don't live in the city and have no reason to be in the city are at an increased risk of getting a ticket mailed to our residences. I'm in the less-than-10-over club which in the past was a free ride. Now 5 over is the limit so that'll be a major change in my behavior. Or... I don't come into the city anymore unless it's unrelated to the hobby.

If you're trying to fly UTR in this hobby, stay under the 5-over rule :-)

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Tripnip340 reads

ut, why would you ever go above 5-10mph the posted limit?  
 

Posted By: Polish_Pirate
We all like being on time for appointments but take heed starting tomorrow. The first four speed cameras in Chicago will be operational with another 8 coming soon and 50 by the end of the year.  
   
 Being a little late for an appointment beats the heck out of warning tickets showing up in the mailbox so be careful out there.

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HangingwithBears304 reads

6-10 over gets you a ticket with the new system. Now you need to stay 5 over or less. New rules.

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undercoverlover357 reads

One good thing about government is they have to post this info.  Companies have capitalized on it by creating radar detectors that have GPS maps of the location of red light cameras, speed cameras, known speed traps, etc. Some have realtime updates, or you can hook to your computer and get the latest info. I've had enuf of these bastiges nickel and diming you for everything.

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HangingwithBears293 reads

you need GPS with real-time updates for traffic - I think those units also get updates about red-light and speed cameras but they're only as good as the public reporting them.

This is Chicago only for now but you know it'll spread to the burbs just like the red-light cams did. Next up will be the freeways and tollways. Imagine the tollway monitoring our time between toll booths - it's illegal now but that's the next logical step.

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undercoverlover359 reads

Yes, it will require current updated maps, but as I mentioned because all of this is public record, the cities and states have to file publicly where these units are. Similar to a Lexis/Nexis going thru every public court filing to sell profile about you to a perspective employer. Hopefully, someone is gathering that data to be imprinted on maps.  

BTW...there are radar detectors that do have that information.  I believe the current Bel and current Passport models have gps navigation.

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HangingwithBears280 reads

Channel 7 is running a story on how to find the locations of speed cameras.

Interesting about the latest radar detectors having GPS built in, guess that's a natural evolution... Thanks for the update.

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