Do speed cameras make drivers slow down?

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is taking a page out of Minneapolis' book to get drivers to slow down.The agency recently set up a speed camera in a work zone along I-35W. But how good is that technology at changing driver's behavior?It's been a year now since traffic safety cameras were placed around Minneapolis to curb speeding and hopefully the danger it creates. Tens of thousands of drivers have learned the hard way they exist."In that first year we've seen consistently reductions in speeding across all five of our traffic safety camera locations," said Ethan Fawley. He's the Transportation Planning Manager for the City of Minneapolis."Compared to that first month (October 2025), we've got more than 110,000 fewer speeders going by these locations," Fawley said.Fawley said the number of people driving at least 10 mph over the speed limit has dropped nearly 50% while the number of people driving 20 mph over the limit is down more than 60%.One area seeing the biggest reduct