Those cameras are watching you.
Whether you want to take these stats as confirmation that Illinois drivers can’t drive well or if you want to argue that the state of Illinois is doing too much, the numbers don’t lie.
If there’s any good news, the amount of speeding tickets cameras in Illinois issued went down from 2023-2024. Stats obtained by Illinois Policy show what’s happened for the Chicagoland cameras alone, and it’s wild.
The stats show Chicago speed cameras issued enough tickets worth $90.9 million to drivers in 2024. That’s a fine every 24 seconds, totaling 1.84 million violations…