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Over 1200 tickets in just 30 days.
The red light and speed cameras in Cedar Rapids have been busy and another camera is going active this weekend.
The camera at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 10th Street SE has seen the most speeders and red light runners in the 30 days; 150 speeders, 108 red light violations at that location alone.
Police have issued 957 speeding tickets and 277 red light violation tickets through the 4 stationary cameras and the 1 mobile speed camera.
“Very, very surprising, I cannot believe that there are that many people running red lights ....or those getting caught,” says on driver.
Police have issued more than 1200 tickets in all...in just 30 days.
Before the cameras went up, CBS 2 timed the yellow lights.
CBS 2 went back to that intersection today to test the timing after the cameras; both tests were at 3 seconds.
The timing is not changing but the cameras are changing some driver’s behaviors.
“I do think about it, when I get to a light and its red or yellow and it's turning, I think about it,” says one driver.
The next camera to go active will be at the intersection of Edgewood Road and 42 St. NE; it will go live at midnight on Saturday and start recording speeders and red light runners on Sunday.
The red light and speed cameras in Cedar Rapids have been busy and another camera is going active this weekend.
The camera at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 10th Street SE has seen the most speeders and red light runners in the 30 days; 150 speeders, 108 red light violations at that location alone.
Police have issued 957 speeding tickets and 277 red light violation tickets through the 4 stationary cameras and the 1 mobile speed camera.
“Very, very surprising, I cannot believe that there are that many people running red lights ....or those getting caught,” says on driver.
Police have issued more than 1200 tickets in all...in just 30 days.
Before the cameras went up, CBS 2 timed the yellow lights.
CBS 2 went back to that intersection today to test the timing after the cameras; both tests were at 3 seconds.
The timing is not changing but the cameras are changing some driver’s behaviors.
“I do think about it, when I get to a light and its red or yellow and it's turning, I think about it,” says one driver.
The next camera to go active will be at the intersection of Edgewood Road and 42 St. NE; it will go live at midnight on Saturday and start recording speeders and red light runners on Sunday.
CBS 2 LOCAL NEWS
Ex-Iowa mayor pleads guilty to drunken boating
September 02, 2010 10:15 EDT
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Former Mason City Mayor Roger Bang has pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a boat while intoxicated.
Bang was arrested by an Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer on July 27 on Clear Lake.
The Globe Gazette says Bang entered a written plea of guilty on Wednesday in Cerro Gordo County District Court. Bang was to be arraigned on the charge next week, but that hearing was canceled.
A sentencing date was not immediately set.
The charge is a serious misdemeanor punishable to a fine and up to a year in jail.
Bang served on the Mason City Council for 16 years and was mayor from 2006 through 2009, when he decided not to run again.
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Information from: Globe Gazette, http://www.globegazette.com/
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