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N.J. Employs New Technology To Catch Speeders
Reporting
Cydney Long HAMMONTON, N.J. (CBS 3)
Pinpoint technology is being used in the game of cat and mouse on the Atlantic City Expressway. Traditional troop car radar is not being phased out, but new, amazingly accurate laser guns are aimed to catch drivers who are disobeying the speed limit.
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Just in time for summer, authorities are deploying a new weapon to catch speeders.
Pinpoint technology is being used in the game of cat and mouse on the Atlantic City Expressway. Traditional troop car radar is not being phased out, but new, amazingly accurate laser guns are aimed to catch drivers who are disobeying the speed limit.
N.J. State Trooper Colin McNulty can't miss.
"The last reading was 78 miles per hour," N.J. State Trooper Colin McNulty said.
Starting Wednesday, state police have two new laser radar guns in their arsenal to crack down on speeders along the Atlantic City Expressway.
So drivers beware, the signs are posted.
"That's why so many people are getting killed in car accidents because they're going too fast, slow down, live longer," Ventnor Driver Chuck Jeffries said.
The $5,000 laser guns have been snagging speeders on the turnpike and parkway the past few years. Now troopers along the expressway are anxious to have such accurate aim at their fingertips.
Unlike traditional radar which sends beams in shape of a "v" or cone, the scope on the latest device can zero in on a single speeding vehicle up to 1200 feet away.
"We can specifically identify a vehicle that's violating the speed limit by use of their front grill and license plate," Lt. Steven Cozzi said.
A chase car is signaled to catch the offender.
"Please slow down," South Jersey Transportation Authority Brenda Pierce said.
Police are especially worried about toll plaza employees because drivers blast through E-ZPass lanes often at twice the 15 mph limit.
Brenda Pierce spent nine years as a toll collector:
"It's unnerving at times. There out there 365 days a year," Pierce said.
"When I have my kids in the car and people are speeding, driving recklessly, I get real mad," one driver said.
"It puts the life of our toll collectors out here in jeopardy," McNulty said.
Think you can beat it? Then you are out of luck, because the regular radar detector will not detect laser beam use ahead so speeding penalties will range anywhere from $85-500 dollars a ticket up to jail time with the ultimate penalty of taking a life.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Reporting
Cydney Long HAMMONTON, N.J. (CBS 3)
Pinpoint technology is being used in the game of cat and mouse on the Atlantic City Expressway. Traditional troop car radar is not being phased out, but new, amazingly accurate laser guns are aimed to catch drivers who are disobeying the speed limit.
CBS
Just in time for summer, authorities are deploying a new weapon to catch speeders.
Pinpoint technology is being used in the game of cat and mouse on the Atlantic City Expressway. Traditional troop car radar is not being phased out, but new, amazingly accurate laser guns are aimed to catch drivers who are disobeying the speed limit.
N.J. State Trooper Colin McNulty can't miss.
"The last reading was 78 miles per hour," N.J. State Trooper Colin McNulty said.
Starting Wednesday, state police have two new laser radar guns in their arsenal to crack down on speeders along the Atlantic City Expressway.
So drivers beware, the signs are posted.
"That's why so many people are getting killed in car accidents because they're going too fast, slow down, live longer," Ventnor Driver Chuck Jeffries said.
The $5,000 laser guns have been snagging speeders on the turnpike and parkway the past few years. Now troopers along the expressway are anxious to have such accurate aim at their fingertips.
Unlike traditional radar which sends beams in shape of a "v" or cone, the scope on the latest device can zero in on a single speeding vehicle up to 1200 feet away.
"We can specifically identify a vehicle that's violating the speed limit by use of their front grill and license plate," Lt. Steven Cozzi said.
A chase car is signaled to catch the offender.
"Please slow down," South Jersey Transportation Authority Brenda Pierce said.
Police are especially worried about toll plaza employees because drivers blast through E-ZPass lanes often at twice the 15 mph limit.
Brenda Pierce spent nine years as a toll collector:
"It's unnerving at times. There out there 365 days a year," Pierce said.
"When I have my kids in the car and people are speeding, driving recklessly, I get real mad," one driver said.
"It puts the life of our toll collectors out here in jeopardy," McNulty said.
Think you can beat it? Then you are out of luck, because the regular radar detector will not detect laser beam use ahead so speeding penalties will range anywhere from $85-500 dollars a ticket up to jail time with the ultimate penalty of taking a life.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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