Photo Radar

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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Denver Police Department (DPD) are working together to improve safety for workers and motorists in highway work zones. DPD will now be using photo radar vans to provide additional speed limit enforcement in CDOT construction zones located within the City and County of Denver to ensure safe speed in the work zones and help keep motorists and highway workers safe.

Photo enforcement fines for speeding in work zones are doubled from $40.00 to $80.00. When photo enforcement vans are deployed in a work zone, there will be signs posted advising motorists that it is a photo enforcement area. There will also be signs advising what the posted speed limit is and that fines are doubled within the construction zone. The deployment locations and times will vary and may involve work zones involving construction zones on state highways or city streets involving local road construction.

Why Use Photo Radar?

Road Construction Sign Before you head out on the road again, consider the following facts based on national data:

4 out of 5 work zone fatalities are motorists
One work zone fatality occurs nationwide every 10 hours (2.3 a day)
One work zone injury occurs nationwide every 13 minutes (110 a day)

What Can You Do To Help Make Work Zones Safe?

To help make our work zones safe, here are a few safe driving tips for traveling through cone zones. Remember, in Colorado, the fines are doubled for most infractions that occur in a work zone.