Automated Cameras Are Reshaping Driving In Local Neighborhoods

Lawmakers in Connecticut voted to allow the use of automated speed limit enforcement cameras nearly two years ago, and it's taken quite a long time to get them up and running. Now in August 2025, more and more towns are putting them up.

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My first encounter with an automated camera came in the first town in Connecticut to get them up and running - Washington. What you see in the photo above is a stretch of roadway in Washington that has a 25MPH speed limit, in the past I readily admit to hitting speeds of 35-40MPH, now? I don't dare approach 35. Has it changed the way I drive? Absolutely.

Luckily, I haven't received a warning or violation in the mail like the thousands of unaware or daring drivers who have passed through. As of today, August 25, 2025, Washington and Middletown's speed cameras are in operation, while Greenwich and Marlborough are in the process of installing their systems. Before too long Hamden, New Haven, Beacon Falls, Stamford, Stratford, and our highways could be silently watched and enforced.

According to wfsb.com, the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation is closely monitoring the success and failures of the traffic cameras operating in the first few municipalities and conducting a study right now to gauge the feasibility of installing these cameras on our highways. Can you imagine a Connecticut where you risk a fine if you go 11 MPH over the posted speed limit? It would probably be like shotting fish in a barrel along 95, 84, 91, and Routes 15, 2, and 395. Who am I kidding, any highway in our state would be a buffet.

Do they work? Absolutely.