License plate cameras on Outer Banks outnumber Raleigh’s
A school bus and other vehicles drive east the morning of Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, on West Baum Street in Kill Devil Hills, where automated license plate recognition cameras on black poles—one on either side of the road—capture images of all passing vehicles. Law enforcement agencies across Currituck and Dare counties use over 40 stationary automated license plate recognition cameras. (Photo by Corinne Saunders)
By Corinne Saunders
Every time a vehicle enters or exits Dare County via the Wright Memorial Bridge spanning the Currituck Sound, a small, solar-powered camera on a pole silently takes a photograph.