SPEED PHOTO PROGRAM UNDERWAY

SIOUX CITY---THE SPEED PHOTO ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY ALONG I-29 IN SIOUX CITY.

POLICE OFFICIALS SHOWED MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

SIOUX CITY POLICE CAPTAIN MEL WILLIAMS SAYS 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN IOWA CONSTRUCTION ZONE ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR.

THEY HOPE TO MINIMIZE THAT NUMBER IN SIOUX CITY.

WHILE RED LIGHT CAMERA VIOLATIONS CAN COST MOTORISTS NEARLY $200 PER OFFENSE, THIS TICKET WILL DEPEND ON THE SPEED AND COST THE SAME AS IT WOULD IF THE DRIVER WAS TO GET PULLED OVER.

A LARGE TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH A RADAR UNIT AND DIGITAL PHOTO AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY NOW SITS NEAR MILE MARKER 143 TO CATCH NORTHBOUND VIOLATORS.

THE DEPARTMENT IS HOPING TO GET ANOTHER UNIT TO MONITOR SOUTHBOUND VIOLATORS AS WELL.