Illinois exploring speed cameras, AI to reduce speeding and crashes on DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Illinois legislators are looking into using speed cameras and artificial intelligence technology to reduce speeding and crashes on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
A State Senate executive committee is holding a hearing on the topic Thursday in Springfield. State Senator Sara Feigenholtz has filed a bill to have the University of Illinois - Chicago study how speed cameras and AI traffic camera technology could reduce speeding and crashes on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Sen. Feigenholtz says there have been more than 15,000 crashes on North DuSable Lake Shore Drive, or about seven crashes a day.
SB1507
would amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow automated speed enforcement systems in safety zones, and allow a safety zone to include a portion of DuSable Lake Shore Drive if the Chicago Department of Transportation designates it as a "high crash corridor."
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From the April 1990 issue of Car and Driver. A word of advice to you cynics in the audience: don't even think about brushing off the new ZR-1 as just a Corvette with more horsepower. After two weeks and 2179 miles with a production-line version, we're here to report that the ZR-1 is something else entirely. Its 375 hp does more than propel it to dizzying speeds—that massive allotment of power catapults the ZR-1 to a completely new plane, the rarefied realm where a car becomes more than just a car. To a certain cadre of knowledgeable enthusiasts, the ZR-1's reputation has already assumed mythic proportions. After a slew of rave pre-production reviews, this brutal Corvette has become a spiritual icon, ready to take its place in the car guy's house of worship next to such awe-inspiring legends as the Cobra, the Hemi, and the Countach. During our time with the ZR-1, we professional skeptics turned up ample evidence of its heroic status. 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