ORLANDO Using transponders for speed enforcement

ORLANDO

Using transponders for speed enforcement

The Orlando Orange County Expwy Auth (OOCEA) recently installed software to enable it to measure the speeds of its transponder-using customers and is in a testing phase. The Authority does not have the power to prosecute speeders but it could refuse to allow them entry to the system. For the moment warning letters will be sent to drivers who exceed speed limits and transponders will be revoked in cases where customers drive at dangerously high speeds. The regular Orlando police are also been active pulling over and ticketing speeders.

The authority has been measuring speeds of non-transponder users also and interestingly the highest speeds are posted by them, not the transponder users.

Most toll authorities prefer not to get involved in speed enforcement saying that it is police work. Technically it is simple to ‘read’ a transponder at two points a known distance apart and to calculate the speed of the vehicle by measuring the time taken between the two. The speed limit on OOCEA pikes is 65mph ( 104km/hr).