After Just One Week, Niceville’s New School Zone Cameras Caught THIS MANY Speeders

Over 600 people got caught speeding more than 10 miles per hour over the limit in a school zone while kids were walking to school the week after Niceville turned its new Altumint cameras on.

In the week of March 3-7, 611 people sped through the school zone. During the two hours a day, the cameras were turned on.

The average speeder was between 14 (for the Palm Drive camera) and 15 (for the Partin Drive camera) miles per hour over the road’s posted limit.

For the first 60 days, the city has decided to send warning notes to the drivers caught on camera breaking the 10 miles per hour above the posted speed limit threshold to get a ticket.

But if the city had decided to send out tickets, they would have generated an estimated revenue of almost $40,000 for Niceville.

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City Manager David Deitch exhorted the council and the public at Monday’s Niceville City Council meeting, saying that he cares more about speed reduction than revenue.

“The highest clock speeder was 25 miles an hour over the posted speed limit in both school zones. So please, please, please, please, slow down in the school zones,” Deitch said.

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On average, the cameras caught 122 speeders daily in the school zones. Deitch noted that the cameras could generate between $4-5 million per year for the city.

Of the $100 fine that the city will issue, Niceville recieves $65 – the company that owns and operates the cameras, Altumint, receives the balance of the ticket.