The warning period for people caught speeding in Fort Collins' new "speed corridors" is over starting Monday, Nov. That means anyone caught speeding 11 miles or more over the limit in these corridors will receive tickets and fines if a camera records their violation. The corridors include six intersections and 19 stretches of streets. The one exception to penalties, for now, is the College Avenue and Drake Road intersection, where a day warning period began Nov.
Six intersections in the city area are already fitted with cameras to record red-light violations. Now these cameras will be able to record speeding violations as well, from certain approaches. Mobile units can also be placed at any location within any speed corridor to record violations and trigger a ticket, which will be sent by mail.
Fort Collins Police Services, which already had four Jeep vehicles outfitted with camera radar systems, added two new transportable radar units to its fleet as part of the program's expansion.
Harmony Road from Chokecherry Trail to Interstate A Colorado law passed in allows local governments to expand their use of photo ticketing systems known as AVIS, or automatic vehicle identification systems to any road they designate as a speed corridor.
In presentations to City Council, Fort Collins Police Services representatives said the goal is to improve safety on roads. They say Fort Collins saw a record number of traffic fatalities in and the program will help the city achieve its stated goal of eliminating all deaths and serious injuries due to traffic crashes. That goal is part of the city's strategic plan known as Vision Zero. Data presented to council showed injury crashes more than doubled in Fort Collins since , going from to in that time.
