I received a ticket by the camera at I380SB at J Avenue. BAsed on this post (thank you!) and this news article (http://thegazette.com/subject/news/cedar-rapids-will-not-move-take-down-i-380-speed-cameras-officials-say-20140828) I am appealing the citation. I will post the results.

Further update on Cedar Rapids, Iowa Traffic cameras: A Class action Lawsuit has been filed. Look here for details: http://thegazette.com/subject/news/class-action-suit-filed-over-cedar-rapids-traffic-cameras-20140902 You should know the flip-side of this coin: Before cameras, there were four to five deaths along this 'S' curve each year. Now, there are none. The cameras appear not to 'fire' until past 65mph now. The speed limit before the speed reduction signs and the cameras is 60mph. If you were doing less than 65, it should have ignored you.

The city of Cedar Rapids claims that the four speed cameras operating on I-380 are to improve safety on a famous stretch of that road in downtown Cedar Rapids knows as the S-curve. Statistical comparisons pre- and post- installation of those cameras does show a very slight decrease in accidents since the cameras were installed in 2009 (checking ten years pre- and six years post-...), but not enough to dissuade detractors from our viewpoint: that Cedar Rapids has these in place primarily to extort money from motorists. However, two of those cameras measure traffic *after it has left* the S-curve, so they do *not* impact nor measure traffic within the S-curve. Thus, the city's claim is invalid when it comes to supporting the operation of those two outbound cameras. That is important, because... On March 17, the Iowa DOT, which has jurisdiction over the Iowa's interstate roads, ordered the city of Cedar Rapids to remove the two outbound cameras on I-380. The city has thus far refused to comply with that order, which means all tickets from those two cameras that come from incidents after March 17 *are wholly invalid* because after that date, the cameras became *illegal*. I was greeted with two such tickets this past Sunday night, both from the outbound camera at the J Street exit north of the S-curve. I will fight them because, in my view (and legally, if lawful orders mean anything...), the camera that flagged me is operating illegally. The city is suing the DOT over it, but in the meantime, doesn't the DOT's order to remove those cameras have teeth? I believe the order should be enforced. If I lose my appeal, I will join the class action lawsuit already in progress against the city. They can add the "illegal camera operation" argument to their case.

How/what is the status on this?