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Section 31-41.3-3 Automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system authorized and defined.

RI Gen L § 31-41.3-3 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 31-41.3-3. Automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system authorized and defined. (a) The state department of transportation and the municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to operate "automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems."

(b) For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) An "automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system" is an automated traffic-speed-enforcement system operated within one-quarter (1/4) mile of any type of school in the state of Rhode Island;

(2) An "automated traffic-speed-enforcement system" is defined as a system using one or more vehicle detectors in combination with photography to identify and provide a photographic image of vehicles which are exceeding the posted speed limit, or the speed limit designated by state law or regulation, for a given school zone, and may be in fixed or mobile configurations; and

(3) A "school zone" is defined as anywhere within a one-quarter (1/4) mile radius of any type of school in the state of Rhode Island.

History of Section. (P.L. 2016, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 165, § 1.)

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