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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
"Smart Signs" Could Soon Tell Police If You're Speeding
You know those electronic signs that show you how fast you're going when you drive past them? Well in some areas they'll be doing a lot more than showing your speed in the near future. They'll be alerting nearby police officers if you're speeding. KING TV has the story.
The city has been sending out those figures that the traffic signs collect on speeders. Jackie Caro at the city can get them for you if you are interested.
Cool! I knew they collected the info but wasn't sure where it went. Makes sense that it's to Jackie. The police aren't involved at this time though right?
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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The city has been sending out those figures that the traffic signs collect on speeders. Jackie Caro at the city can get them for you if you are interested.
Cool! I knew they collected the info but wasn't sure where it went. Makes sense that it's to Jackie. The police aren't involved at this time though right?
No direct police yet as they do not collect license plates just statistics. They do give the results to the police so they can patrol there more.
Okay, that makes sense.
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