Connecticut
Connecticut DOT releases guidelines on red light, speed safety cameras for towns, cities
Red light and speed safety cameras are one step closer to appearing on Connecticut roads.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation began the new year releasing much anticipated guidelines for towns and cities that want to request the devices.
Red light and speed safety cameras were first made legal three months ago, but they haven’t been installed yet.
These cameras capture the license plate, date, time and location of vehicles that are speeding by 10 mph or more, or that run a red light.
Factors include the local history of crashes and traffic stops, as well as the poverty rate.
For example, in order to install a camera at a stoplight, there must have been at least two crashes over the last three years caused by a driver running a red light.
Towns must also provide a written justification that placing a camera in school and pedestrian safety zones will tangibly improve safety.
Drivers will know where these cameras are. There must be two signs at a “reasonable distance in advance” of the cameras.
In addition, there cannot be more than two of these cameras in certain low-income areas.
The fines will cost you $50 for the first offense and $75 for any more – but won’t earn you points.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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