States Encouraged to Implement Speed Cameras as Road Fatalities Keep Rising

Newsweek BY LORA KORPAR February 2, 2022 Amid a spike in U.S. traffic deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, new federal guidance allows states to use billions of dollars in federal highway money to implement road safety measures such as speed cameras. The move comes shortly after the Department of Transportation released a report showing that 2021 had the highest projected number of traffic deaths in 15 years. Meanwhile, the Federal Highway Administration says speed cameras can cut the number of injury crashes by nearly 50 percent, according to the Associated Press. Recently, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised to use funding in President Joe Biden's infrastructure law to help reduce traffic fatalities. His department said cameras should help stop speeding and make roads safer, according to the AP. But states and cities across the country have received complaints about them.

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