The Pennsylvania State Police is responsible for reviewing and affirming select violations.
This System Administrator is responsible for providing AWZSE equipment, data collection services, and violation appeals processing. The Program Administrator is responsible for assisting PennDOT and the PTC with the development, sustainability, and administration of the program.ĭeployments of AWZSE systems in work zones are provided by a contracted System Administrator. The AWZSE program is managed by PennDOT and the PTC with the assistance of a contracted Program Administrator.
Crash data is not yet available for this year. PennDot says construction zone crashes were down last year, but said it is unclear whether speed cameras were a factor due to the pandemic. But last year, the speed camera program lost $1.7 million after expenses. The law specifies that ticket revenue from cameras be split among PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and state police. A second offense results in a $75 ticket. Those going at least 11 miles per hour over the speed limit get a warning for their first offense. Work zones using the cameras are required to have two warning signs for drivers. Complement existing enforcement by the PSP.PennDOT says the purpose of the AWZSE program, as enacted, is to: Work Zone Speed CamerasĪutomated Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE) uses portable systems (either vehicle- or other apparatus-mounted) to detect and record vehicles exceeding work zone posted speed limits by 11 miles per hour (mph) or more using electronic speed timing devices (radar or nonradar). In the first nine months of this year, violations are up 45% to more than 317,000 and fines more than doubled to $3.6 million. Since the cameras were installed last year, more than a half-million speeding violations have been issued at Pennsylvania construction zones. In the nine months that the cameras operated last year, they recorded more than 219,000 violations statewide and $1.7 million in fines.
The legislation, Act 86 of 2018, was introduced in January 2017. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a law to allow AWZSE program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So far in the program, the state has issued 500,000 violations. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), have implemented a statewide Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE) program to reduce work zone speeds, change driver behavior and improve work zone safety for workers and motorists.
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