Posted on 05/29/2024 4:09:11 PM PDT by george76
For comparison, the Morrison Police Department issued a total of 1,700 speeding citations in 2023..
MORRISON, Colo. — In its first two weeks, the Town of Morrison's new automated radar camera issued more than 10,000 tickets to speeding drivers, according to Morrison Police Chief Bill Vinelli.
The camera is permanently stationed at Bear Creek Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue. With a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour along Bear Creek Avenue, the eastbound camera automatically captures the license plate of drivers going 35 mph or more..
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Tickets are then mailed directly to drivers.
The camera was installed earlier this year and only issued warnings during its first 60 days. It officially began issuing tickets on May 8.
According to Chief Vinelli, in its first two weeks, the camera issued more than 10,000 tickets. For comparison, the Morrison Police Department issued a total of 1,700 speeding citations in 2023.
"This is averaging 1.32 tickets per minute," Vinelli told Denver7
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With so many violations, Vinelli said the town had to jump to a higher data plan to store all the tickets.
Each ticket is $40, meaning the camera brought in more than $400,000 during that two-week period.
"The town's not doing it to make money. The town is doing it because of the tourist attraction that Morrison brings or is," Vinelli said.
Some Morrison residents believe drivers who are ticketed will not pay the fines.
"They're tourists. They don't know the speed limits. They're going to Red Rocks. And those people aren't going to pay the tickets," said one local.
Tell the homeless there is 20 lbs of copper in that thing
Good catch. This is like a toll booth camera.
The city doesn’t care WHO is driving. The car’s owner gets the ticket.
So you come under the freeway on a four lane divided road which goes to two lane on what appears to be an empty country road posted 25. A hundred yards or so you round a blind corner into a little village where 25 makes sense. Of course the camera is right before the town.
If the Colofornians had a set of nads they’ll do what Arizona did. Tell the speed trap bastards to haul ass. People got where they just refused to play the game.
lol... youve been hanging out with Saul too much!!
I’ve seen slow zones that hada series warning signs start8ng a half mile a head.
And I’ve seen slow zones that had one sign, hidden behind a bush.
Which is this?
Morrison has always been about making money. I got a ticket there a few years back going out to Red Rocks and their deal was pay and we basically don’t put it in the system so your insurance does not find out and you get no points on your license. All a money making scheme.
Just curious, are these cameras bullet proof? I wonder what caliber is needed to execute the camera.
Won’t miss the adrenaline shocks when seeing a police car when driving when I am finally living permanently abroad.
The townies don’t want to do that, ticket revenue in Morrison makes up more than half their budget. Fewer tickets mean higher taxes. Guessing they leave locals alone for the most part.
Oh. A higher data plan.
The burden. 🙄🙄🙄
I bet hard cast 44 magnum rounds juiced up a bit but still under SAAMI max would fly right through it.
“Paying for illegals ain’t cheap”.
Red light cameras are sure to return when Illegals start driving as they did in Honduras.
No, for the politicians’ pockets.
It’s possible the car on your tail was drumming up business.
Or avoid Morrison altogether.
They’ve got something like this in the UK. Even the slimy limeys had the balls to destroy them as fast as they could be installed.
If they had their way there would be a printer in the dashboard to print the ticket and a credit card reader to send in the payment.
My experience has been that these cameras are ubiquitous in many blue jurisdictions and mostly absent in red ones.
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