SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky officials said automated speed cameras positioned in construction zones in Kentucky are doing what they're meant to do: causing drivers to slow down.

When cameras detect a driver traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit in a work zone, the license plate is recorded and the information is sent to an officer positioned outside work zones. There are several cameras active now, and they will be rotated to different sites as needed.

Some of the first locations to receive cameras include a stretch of I-64 in Shelby County.

The reaction from drivers has been mixed.

"That will be good, especially they are protecting the workers," said Ernesto Clemente.

The threat of a $500 fine didn't sit well with Robert Thompson. "There are people that are struggli

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