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ST. ANN, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) -
Officials in the St. Louis suburb of St. Ann tried everything to slow down drivers on a busy road that passes by a middle school and a park. Now, they're turning to technology. Red light cameras have become commonplace, but St. Ann is the first city in Missouri to install a camera aimed specifically at catching speeders. The camera went up last month. For now, violators are getting warning tickets. That will continue through the end of February and maybe longer, city administrator Matt Conley said Friday.
After that, owners of speeding vehicles will get their tickets in the mail. All fines will be $100, regardless of the speed. St. Ann, a town of 14,000 residents, gets $60 from each ticket, and $40 goes to St. Louis-based B&W Sensors LLC, the company that provides the camera and technology.
"We just want people to slow down," Conley said.
Ashby Road in St. Ann has Hoech Middle School on one side, a city park on the other. Conley said cars tend to zip through the busy, hilly stretch despite speed limit signs of 20 mph when school is in session and 30 mph the rest of the time.
"It's mostly people who don't live in St. Ann," Conley said of the speeders. "The people who live in the city know that it's a school zone, a park zone. They probably have kids that go to that school. They're much more willing to abide by the speed limit."
After that, owners of speeding vehicles will get their tickets in the mail. All fines will be $100, regardless of the speed. St. Ann, a town of 14,000 residents, gets $60 from each ticket, and $40 goes to St. Louis-based B&W Sensors LLC, the company that provides the camera and technology.
"We just want people to slow down," Conley said.
Ashby Road in St. Ann has Hoech Middle School on one side, a city park on the other. Conley said cars tend to zip through the busy, hilly stretch despite speed limit signs of 20 mph when school is in session and 30 mph the rest of the time.
"It's mostly people who don't live in St. Ann," Conley said of the speeders. "The people who live in the city know that it's a school zone, a park zone. They probably have kids that go to that school. They're much more willing to abide by the speed limit."
