Speeding South on Rolling Road? New Speed Camera Location Could Catch You

Baltimore County has expanded the reach of its speed cameras to catch motorists barreling down South Rolling Road in Catonsville. A third speed camera location became operational today.

A cement pad designed to hold a speed camera sits just south of the intersection of Brook Road and Gary Drive. The camera faces south and can only catch speeders heading south on South Rolling Road, said police spokeswoman Elise Armacost.

The new spot for the Catonsville camera, which will rotate among three locations, has been the most requested area for speed monitoring from residents, said County Councilman Tom Quirk.

"You do have a lot of speeding there and there are a lot of kids there," he said.

The camera will rotate between the new spot and the roughly a mile down the road outside of .

"I wish we didn't need to have cameras there. It's been such a chronic problem for so long," Quirk said.

Marty Haggerty, who lives on South Rolling Road across from the new location, watched the camera go in at around 11 a.m. this morning.

On Friday afternoon, Haggerty stood outside with his wife and his neighbor Bob Sprecher, watching the camera go off at pretty regularly intervals. He estimated he saw it flash about 200 times from his home office window.

Haggerty said he has been lobbying for the spot for several years.

"It's a public safety issue, not a revenue thing," he said.