BOWIE, Md. — The City of Bowie is hoping to get drivers to change their behaviors by expanding their speed camera program with 21 newly established locations.
The cameras will be operated seven days a week for 24 hours a day, with the goal of reducing speeding violations while also decreasing the potential for traffic accidents in city limits.
There will be a 30-day warning period in place to allow drivers to adjust to the new camera locations, which starts on Nov. 1. During that time, motorists exceeding the speed limit by 12 mph will receive warnings rather than receiving a citation.
After that span of time, a citation will be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle if recorded going at least 12 mph over the speed limit. The maximum fine per violation is $40.
Here's the locations of the new residential zones for the cameras:
- 9th Street
- 11th Street
- Alderwood Lane
- Belair Drive (between Trinity and Tulip Grove Drives)
- Belair Drive (near Belair Annex to Bowie High School)*
- Brunswick Lane
- Chestnut Avenue
- Dahlia Drive
- Dolphin Way
- Dunwood Valley Drive
- Kembridge Drive
- Kendale Lane
- Millstream Drive
- Mitchellville Road (at the 2400 and 3500 blocks)
- Nashua Lane
- Northview Drive (near Northview Elementary School)*
- Old Stage Road
- Peachwalker Drive (15500 block and near C. Elizabeth Rieg School)*
- Penn Manor Lane
- Pointer Ridge Drive
- Racetrack Road (near Yorktown Elementary School)*
- Stonybrook Drive
- Tulip Grove Drive
(*) Denotes Residential Area & School Zone