--- title: "LA Just Powered Up Speed Cameras. Tickets of Up To $500 Start Getting Mailed In Less Than 60 Days" date: "2026-10-28" modified: "2026-10-28" authors: - name: "Joel Feder" job_title: "Director of Content and Product" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/joel-feder.md" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/la-just-powered-up-speed-cameras-tickets-of-up-to-500-start-getting-mailed-in-less-than-60-days" categories: - "News" - "Regulations" --- # LA Just Powered Up Speed Cameras. Tickets of Up To $500 Start Getting Mailed In Less Than 60 Days ![A speed safety camera is seen on a pole along Geary at 7th Avenue on Thursday, March 20, 2025 in San Francisco.]() *\Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images\* The irony of America slowly adopting the same anti-speeding technology as Europe is rich. But the claim is that this technology saves lives. Now another large American city has implemented speed cameras. On Monday, Los Angeles, California turned on its new speed cameras. While residents should be aware the cameras are on, the ramp towards tickets going out will be delayed. Speeders caught by the cameras in the first 60 days will only get a warning, but after that time period tickets will be issued. [*NBC 4 Los Angeles* has]() both a list and interactive map of where the first 25 cameras are that powered up on Monday. But by the end of the year LA plans to have 125 speed cameras installed and active. The cameras are set to take photos of license plates of vehicles traveling 11 mph or more over the posted speed limit. Fines range and are staggered based upon speed: - $50 for speeds 11 to 15 mph over the limit. - $100 for speeds 16 to 25 mph over the limit. - $200 for speeds 26 to 99 mph over the limit. - $500 for speeds exceeding 100 mph The Los Angeles Department of Transportation announced the speed camera program earlier in the year. "Speeding is one of the leading causes of serious injuries and deaths on our streets. In Los Angeles, around one in five fatal crashes in the city were directly attributed to speeding in 2024. To combat rising traffic deaths and injuries, the city is deploying the Speed Safety Systems Program to curb speeding and dangerous driving," the LADOT said. ![Graph of impacts and pedestrian deaths]() **LADOT Annual Report 2023-24** The LADOT said, "The deployment of this program will increase accountability for excessive and chronic speeding, and help people make better choices about their driving. The goal is safer streets, more lives saved, and fewer severe injuries." According to the LADOT, early data showed a 72% reduction in speeding in San Francisco because of the use of speed cameras. The Los Angeles speed camera program is starting a five-year pilot period with the intention of providing a report at the end to the state legislature on the safety and economic impact. ## Author Overseeing what you see, read, touch, hear, and interact with from the vast lakes of Minnesota, Joel Feder shapes how The Drive looks and operates as the head of content and product initiatives. On a daily basis, Joel leads the newsroom and editorial staff playing point on both short-term coverage and long-term strategic plans. His mission is to help ensure The Drive shapes the future of automotive media by helping the team execute original reporting, breaking news, and exclusive opportunities. Regarded as an industry insider and recognized by colleagues, fellow journalists, and manufacturers as a point-person and leader in the industry, Joel owns and runs the largest automotive professionals group on Facebook in an effort to serve and help others. Joel serves as a juror for the World Car Awards. In addition, he sits on the Board of Directors for Move Forward MN, a local non-profit that helps at-risk youth with barrier-free mental health and housing services. While you’re reading this he’s either on his computer or iPhone chasing the latest news or drafting a story. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Bluesky]() [Email]() ## More - [Speed Cameras Are Coming to the Car Capital of America]() - [These Speed Cameras Are Sending People Notices in the Mail, But They’re Not Tickets]() - [VW Beetle Driver Racks Up 57 Speeding Tickets in Less Than Two Months]() - [4 Cameras, 10 Days, 100,000 Violations. CA’s Speed Camera Test Is Going Great]() - [NYC Issued 71 Tickets to Loud Cars Last Year With Traffic Cameras]() - [This Weird California Law Allows Fast Drivers to Raise Speed Limits for Everyone]() - [Please Don’t Try Gordon Ramsay’s Very Illegal Trick to Avoiding Speeding Tickets]() - [Spike in Speed Camera Tickets Shows Exactly What You’re Doing On Those Empty Roads]()