Three Southern California cities: Los Angeles, Long Beach and Glendale can install speed cameras starting Jan. 1
Whittier Blvd. at Orme Ave. on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Damian Kevitt is executive director of Streets Are For Everyone. He led the support for speed cameras contained in the recently signed AB 645. A new temporary pedestrian stop hangs above the crosswalk in Boyle Heights. Drivers who speed on streets in three Southern California cities soon may find a ticket waiting for them in their mailbox generated by a roadside speed camera.
FILE – Speed cameras are aimed at U.S. Route 127, in New Miami, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2014 . California is a latecomer to the use of speed cameras, which are deployed in 205 communities around the country, including cities like New York City and Chicago. Studies have found that drivers slow down significantly at camera locations; in New York, speeding at such locations has dropped by 73 percent.
The previous attempts were stopped by opposition from civil rights groups who said they would invade the privacy of drivers. Some argued that automated ticket cameras would disproportionately increase the burden on people of color and low-income neighborhoods. Often these areas, such as South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, have wide streets designed for speed, not safety.
The first ticket for a driver is a warning, which Friedman said often results in drivers slowing down the next time they drive past a speed camera. In 2022, 843 people died and another 4,222 people were severely injured by “traffic violence” in Los Angeles County, according to TIMS. Since 2011, traffic fatalities in L.A. County rose 64%, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .
“While city and county officials go through the very slow and expensive process of reengineering streets to make them safer in the future, we need a way to protect our communities from traffic violence right now,” said Damian Kevitt, executive director of SAFE in a prepared statement.
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