The Arizona Department of Transportation has added cameras mounted on towers on both sides of I-10 designed to monitor only commercial vehicles.
The $7.5 million “Truck Screening Systems” technology works based off of sensors embedded in the road which weigh trucks and direct the cameras to take a photo. If there is a compliance issue with the truck, signage will direct the driver to report to a rest area for inspection.
ADOT assures the general public that non-commercial vehicles are not heavy enough to trigger the cameras, so they cannot be used to catch speeders.
ADOT claims that the cameras are there to help truckers. They say that the cameras will allow compliant trucks to bypass inspection, since only non-compliant vehicles will be directed to rest areas for inspection. ADOT says this system will help truckers avoid unnecessary inspections and avoid congestion at rest areas.
The system is expected to be fully up and running within a month.
Here are the locations of the new Truck Screening Systems:
Sources:
Casa Grande Dispatch
ABC 15
ADOT