
Indiana Drivers Beware: Speed Cameras Coming to Hoosier Highways
The Indiana Department of Transportation is launching a pilot program to help improve work zone safety on Hoosier highways.
Indiana Safe Zones
The new program, called Indiana Safe Zones, is a 5-year pilot project to help save lives of both motorists and those who work construction on the state's highways. Beginning August 14, 2024, speed cameras will go up in Hancock County, Indiana as part of the current construction taking place along I-70 from mile marker 95 to mile marker 105.
A Pre-Enforcement Warning Period
In a press release, the Indiana Department of Transportation says that there will be a "pre-enforcement warning period." During that time courtesy warnings will be sent. The Indiana statute that allows for these cameras, House Enrolled Act 1015, will allow INDOT to have cameras in operation at up to four constructions sites at any given time.

Highway Construction Site Fatalies
INDOT says that in the last ten years, 269 people have been killed in accidents in highway construction sites.
In 2023 alone, 33 people were killed and more than 1,750 were injured in INDOT work zones. Four out of five people killed in work zones are either drivers or their passengers. - INDOT
How Will You Know If There are Cameras?
There will be signs posted when entering a work site to alert motorists that the camera systems are being used to monitor driving speeds. The cameras will utilize speed timing devices to determine a vehicles speed. If that vehicle is traveling at 11 mph or more above the posted construction site speed limit, the cameras will snap an image of the license plate.
Indiana Safe Zone Violations
They say that citations will only be issued if workers are present in the construction area at the time of the violation. There is no fine for the first incident. However, the second incident is a $75 fine and everyone after that is an additional $150 each.
After the pre-enforcement period ends, the first violation will result in a zero-fine warning, the second in a $75 civil penalty, and every violation thereafter a penalty of $150. In accordance with the statute, collected penalties will go into the state’s General Fund.
To learn more about the program and how similar programs in other states have cut down speeding in construction zones, visit SafeZonesIN.com.
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