5.4 percent found going over speed limit
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By Mike Leidemann
Advertiser Transportation Writer
Fewer than 6 percent of the vehicles checked in the first 12 days of the state's traffic photo enforcement program exceeded the posted speed limit and fewer than half of them were issued citations, according to statistics released yesterday.
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"It's working. People are really lowering their speeds," said Department of Transportation spokeswoman Marilyn Kali.
From Jan. 2-13, the program clocked 81,125 vehicles on state roadways around O'ahu; of those 4,401, or about 5.4 percent, were going over the speed limit, Kali said. That resulted in 1,860 traffic citations being issued during the period, she said.
Overall, fewer than 2 percent of the drivers checked received citations for driving too fast.
In the first weeks of the program, when only warnings were issued, the number of people exceeding the speed limit was running as high as 20 to 30 percent, Kali said.
"People are finally starting to drive how they are supposed to," Kali said. "That's nice; they seem to be getting into the swing of things."
