Witness statement of Greg Amy, driver/owner of 2011 VW GTI I was traveling westbound on I-90 near Stafford NY on 09/27/25 at approximately 11AM EDT. It was good weather, with the highway dry and the skies mostly clear. Traffic was on the heavier side but flowing well. I was in the left (passing) lane, passing a slower line of traffic in the right lane that included cars, trucks, and some RVs. I passed a black pickup truck pulling an RV trailer which was following a large bus-type Class A RV flat-towing a red compact utility vehicle. As I cleared the black truck/RV, it pulled into the left lane behind me, slowing slightly and flashed its headlights as if to indicate to the Class A that it could pull into the left lane in front of it. I had not yet cleared the Class A. As I got to the front of the Class A and was almost clear of it, I experienced a sudden and large bang and my car was violently turned hard right across the nose of the Class A. My car became pressed against its nose,...
(Last updated 8/31/25) Speed Cameras You may be aware that Middletown CT has added speed cameras. The first Middletown speed camera was activated on June 6th on Rt 66/Washington Street immediately inside the city limits. There are two additional sites with cameras installed but not yet active, on Country Club Road and Westfield Street. These came about due to a renewal in a 2021 state law allowing speed cameras. Initially limited to work zones only, Public Act 23-116, approved in late 2023, renewed those work zone cameras, adding "any municipality may authorize the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices..."(1) Middletown jumped right on that bandwagon, becoming the second municipality in Connecticut to install speed cameras; Washington CT was the first. City Ordinance 12-24 was approved by the Town Council on July 26, 2024.(2) Soon after, the city contracted with Dacra Tech , an Illinois-based corporation specializing in "the most encompassing suite of soft...