It happens in rural areas too...
The article is from 2011, but the cameras are still there. The way it works now is everybody does 55MPH until they reach the camera, slow to 45MPH, then speed right back to 55MPH. It's
real safe!
"BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Bluff City officials are enjoying the extra revenue from speed cameras that have generated more than a million dollars in a little over a year, but the windfall could be short-lived.
Between Jan. 1, 2010, and May 31, 2011, the cameras on U.S. Highway 11E in Piney Flats issued
39,923 citations to drivers, including now Gov. Bill Haslam, who was ticketed last year when he was caught speeding during his campaign.
The tickets netted the city nearly $1.6 million — an amount equal to eight times Bluff City's total property tax collections from the last fiscal year — during that period, according to the Bristol Herald Courier.
Read more: Bluff City officials enjoying speed camera revenue windfall | Kingsport Times-News
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