Thread by @DeirdreByrne_

Thread: I am watching the Greater Olney Civic Association meeting where there will be a discussion in support of adding speed cameras on the MD-200 Intercounty Connector. Legislation on the matter is pending in Maryland Delegation.

Here's a link to view the agenda for this meeting: goca.org/wp-content/upl…

Del. @EricLuedtke says he heard the bill for the ICC speed camera was killed, but he hopes it can be revived but the bill would need to be revised for it to pass.

Here's the text for the current bill:

Here's the letter from GOCA to the Montgomery County Delegation in the Maryland General Assembly asking them to support the bill calling for the installation of speed cameras on the ICC between exits.

Here's the resolution that GOCA passed in support of the legislation in the Maryland General Assembly.

Del. @alfredcarr says he would "be in support of a solution" to the issue of speeding on the ICC.

John Seng, the director of the Maryland Coalition for Highway Safety, is speaking now about the bill.

Seng said he thought things were going pretty well with the bill, but it was voted down. He's working with Sen. Kramer to "resurrect" the bill.

"People shouldn't have to die to get from point A to point B," Seng said.

Seng says the average speed is more than 10% higher than the speed limit. "Speed cameras work," Seng said. He says speed cameras are coming to I-83 in Baltimore.

Rev. Dr. Robert Screen, from the 210 Traffic Safety Committee, talks about the difficulty PG County was having with Route 210 in terms of traffic fatalities.

In 2008, there were 15-16 fatalities in one year in a road span.

"The whole idea from our perspective...you have to come to terms with what are you getting the cameras for," Screen said. The reason for cameras is important. His reason for cameras on Indian Head Highway wasn't for money, it was to save lives.

There have been three cameras on MD 210 since 2017. They're now down to three deaths in the last three years, so he says the cameras work.

"There is no one silver bullet," Screen said. Speed cameras are important, but education is as well, he said.

"It is speed that is killing people on the roadways," Screen said.

Seng says a common criticism of speed cameras is "it's just a money grabber."

He says governments have ways of raising funds without going through speed cameras to do so.

Louis Wilson from the Cherrywood area of Olney argues that speed cameras are not accurate.

Del. @EricLuedtke says there will be extended discussion of the ICC speed camera bill on Friday at 9 a.m.

The Montgomery County Delegation to the House of Delegates livestreams its meetings on this YouTube channel:

youtube.com/channel/UCbZz9…