Chicago speed camera tickets for drivers going 6-10mph over limit rake in millions for city – ABC7 (Chicago)

60% of tickets come from those driving 6-10 miles per hour over the limit, generating almost $121,700,000 for the city. Compare that to about $63,500,000 made from only 11% of speed camera tickets that come from drivers going 11 miles per hour, or more, over the speed limit. The remaining 29% of tickets are warnings with no cost to drivers.
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The Paraclete
3 years ago

Eliminate the threshold.any exceedence of the limit is automatic. It will be a firehose of money. No hard decisions , you broke the law; Pay up!

mqyl
3 years ago
Reply to  The Paraclete

Hmm – zero tolerance, eh? I like it! That would be only slightly more draconian than automatic tickets for going six mph over the limit or for running a red traffic light that had an abnormally brief yellow light. They sure know how to encourage visitors to Chicago, don’t they?

Old Joe
3 years ago

It’s a sad state of affairs when Detroit doesn’t have speed cameras but Chicago does….

Giddyap
3 years ago

Red light and speed cameras are the poster kids for crooked, corrupt, predatory, regressive, revenue robbery ripoffs that fund the Democrat Ponzi Scam

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