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megalomike t1_j3wgdxh wrote

when they first turned on the difference was noticeable. it's still better than it was a year ago but you do see people trying to weave at 80 again. the crash data will be interesting.

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DONNIENARC0 t1_j3wl04o wrote

Yeah. I commute 83 daily and still haven't seen a bad wreck around the Northern Parkway bend since they installed these whereas it felt like it used to happen every other week or so in the past. It really felt like you could expect atleast one accident there every time there was a decent bit of inclement weather in that area.

The biggest difference for me anecdotally seems to be that most people just don't weave 80 around that bend anymore, and the ones that try to largely can't because all lanes generally slow to ~55 because of people dodging the cameras. Even if they're successful in going 80 around there for a week or something, I'd bet they'd stop pretty quick after getting pelted with a barrage of $40 tickets.

E: on a slightly unrelated note, I think this is the first time I've seen them actually acknowledge that they can't pull people over even if they wanted to because of the lack of road shoulders...

> BCDOT: Traditional methods of speed enforcement are not possible on I-83 within Baltimore City due to the existing width of roadway shoulders, fiscal and engineering constraints, and resource challenges.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_j3xdr3v wrote

> I've seen them actually acknowledge that they can't pull people over even if they wanted to because of the lack of road shoulders...

I had a cop light me up on 83. I was between Cold Spring and Northern and so I went to Northern, exited 83 and pulled over where there was a nice big shoulder. Cop went ballistic on me accusing me of ignoring him.

I got off with a warning. So maybe he recognized I was looking out for his well being.

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megalomike t1_j3wlz0n wrote

yeah the flow of traffic feels much safer now, for whatever that's worth.

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Velghast t1_j3xhu3c wrote

People just avoid speeding in front of the cameras now there's always a slowdown where the camera is and then as soon as people are past the camera it's right back to 80 mph and weaving out of traffic.

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Willothwisp2303 t1_j3xnx2t wrote

Seems like a good argument for adding a camera at the next bend in the road north, too. Anywhere people need to slow down and instead hit eachother on the regular.

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