Los Angeles to Deploy 125 Automated Speed Cameras by Late October

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation confirmed that the city’s Automated Speed Safety System will be fully deployed by Oct. 26, after a summer-long contract-negotiation phase postponed the original April-July schedule. The rollout includes 125 cameras, with each council district receiving at least eight or nine units, focusing on high-injury zones, school areas and known street-racing hotspots.

During a 60-day grace period, motorists photographed traveling 11 mph or more over the limit will receive only a warning; fines will commence thereafter, ranging from $50 for 11-15 mph over to $500 for extreme speeds of 100 mph over. The cameras also employ AI to photograph license plates of vehicles blocking bike lanes in Santa Monica, sending violation notices by mail within 15 days. Under Assembly Bill 645, the program is part of a statewide pilot that also involves San José, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach and San Francisco, aiming to curb the roughly 300 annual traffic deaths in Los Angeles, where speed is a leading factor.