A speed camera on 148th is drawing fresh attention from drivers who say citations are arriving by mail after trips through a 35 mph zone. The main point of confusion is not the speed limit itself but whether the warning signs were visible when enforcement was active.

Whether any signs were covered remains disputed. Some signs may have been covered while the cameras were not operating, then uncovered once enforcement resumed. Orange flags and photo-enforced notices are also described as already in place along the corridor, making the camera warnings hard to miss.

There is less dispute over the basic rule of the road: the limit remains 35 mph whether a camera is running or not. The commonly understood citation threshold is more than 8 mph over the limit, which would put enforcement above 43 mph rather than at 41.

The dispute on 148th turns on the visibility of the warnings as camera enforcement changed. Visible signs would have given drivers clear notice to slow down. But bagged or temporarily obscured signs during changes in equipment status would explain why some drivers came away convinced that enforcement conditions had shifted around them.

Drivers traveling the corridor now should treat the 35 mph limit as actively enforced and expect camera warnings to be posted. The disagreement concerns what was visible to drivers at different times; the road's 35 mph limit is not in question.