This white Ford Escapade parked in front of P.S. 81 located at 5550 Riverdale Avenue (between West 254th and 256th Streets) looks like almost any other white Ford Escape, or does it. If you look at the top of this car you will notice a camera and flash bulb that flashes as the camera take a photo of your license plate number if you are speeding at least 10 miles over the posted 25 mile per hour speed limit. At least that was what Mayor Bill deBlasio said when he introduced the 6 speed camera cars in the photo below on September 2, 2014.
Above - You can tell this is a city owned car by the license plate.
Below - There is a DOT employee (or at least someone in a DOT jacket) sitting in this air conditioned Ford Escape Speed camera car.
Above - Apparently this Speed camera car can be parked next to a hydrant as it is in this photo.
Below - It appears however that the Speed Camera car can only pick up speeds of cars going past it northbound only, and needs lots of room as you see the cones that are needed to seperate the Speed Camera car from the school bus it is behind.
Here you see someone who is talking to the operator of the Speed Camera car. However when I approached the Speed camera car the operator refused to speak to me, I wonder why Mayor deBlasio, what was I not suppose to know about the Speed Camera cars?
