Advocates has sent a letter to leaders of the Nevada Assembly in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 402. AB 402 would create a pilot program allowing the Nevada Department of Transportation, local authorities and regional commissions to utilize speed safety cameras in active roadway work zones in which construction, maintenance or repair work is being done when workers are present.
In 2023, 389 people were killed on Nevada’s roads, which is a 34 percent increase since 2014. Speeding is a major contributor to traffic fatalities as approximately a quarter of the fatalities in 2023 (23 percent, 88 lives lost) involved speeding. People in work zones are especially vulnerable. From 2017-2021, a total of 47 fatalities and 42 fatal work zone crashes occurred in Nevada.
Speed safety cameras are verified to deter speeding and its impact and are recommended for adoption by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), among others. A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that speed safety cameras alone resulted in a 19 percent reduction in the likelihood that a crash caused a fatal or incapacitating injury.
Speed safety cameras augment traditional enforcement without requiring a traffic stop and will improve safety for roadway work zones.
Read the full letter here.