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Since late August, the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office has been using automated cameras to enforce speed limits in Interstate 64 construction zones.

The recordings have so far logged more than 60,000 violations.

Assuming that each ticket is approved by a sheriff’s deputy — the overwhelming majority are — the drivers will receive $100 fines in the mail a few weeks later.

This has raised questions about the speed camera program — how it works, how much money it’s raking in and how long the program will last. We try to answer some of these and others:

More than 60,000 violations seems like a lot. How many tickets is that per day?

From Aug. 12 through Aug. 26, New Kent sheriff’s deputies used hand-held cameras, with a couple thousand violations logged. But between Aug. 28 and Oct. 10, ne