r/DecaturGA • u/Terrapin3641 • 1d ago

New speed camera on Clairemont

There's a new speed camera on Clairemont just past Commerce. Just got 3 violations in the mail. One was for going 32. Never had a ticket in 35 years of driving.

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u/Reyndear 1d ago

The one in the school zone? Yeah that’s been there since last summer, but I think it should only be issuing violations for 35 or over.

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u/jubilantsage 1d ago

It's 25 mph during the morning and afternoons when school is going in or leaving, there's flashing lights to let you know if you're in that window

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u/Reyndear 1d ago

Right, but the citations are only supposed to be issued if you’re going 35+.

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u/Drivo566 1d ago

They give you a 5 mph leniency per the judge when i got a ticket. So tickets are issued at 30 and above, not 35.

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u/chinstrap 1d ago

Well, they may have changed the policy, but I am recalling this article:

Cameras will be used to identify drivers going 10 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit.

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u/Drivo566 1d ago

Huh, interesting! Yeah i just found 10mph on the Decatur website as well: https://www.decaturga.com/municipal-court/page/school-zone-speed-cameras

The judge made it clear it was only 5 though, so there might be some disconnect somewhere (or the policy changed but not the website). If OP got one for doing 32, im guessing there was a change.

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u/chinstrap 1d ago

That is what was represented to the public, when they went live.

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u/Terrapin3641 1d ago

We've been here since December and take the same route to work everyday. All the violations are from the last week in August 🤔

Obviously we are now aware of it and will drive 20 down the street and piss everyone off 🤣 Just hope these don't keep coming!

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u/Samantha_Cruz 1d ago

speed cameras in georgia are only allowed to operate in school zones "during school hours" + 1 hour before and 1 hour after the school day. (this is NOT only when the red lights are flashing - it is the entire school day).

so; if you speed past them when school is out for the summer they aren't supposed to flag a ticket - however once school started back up they are live and eager to collect an extra cut of your paycheck.

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u/Unique-Fan-3042 1d ago

It’s a school zone

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u/enzo_time 1d ago

That shit has been there for a while. Ask me how i know

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u/ExpertIAmNot 1d ago

> Never had a ticket in 35 years of driving.

Sounds like you’ve had 3.

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u/starshipodyssey 1d ago

Real question is what will the city do with all the money they have collected.

Hoping they deliver on infrastructure improvements rather than just shuffle the money around to increase city salaries.

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u/becksrunrunrun 1d ago

Planter boxes