School zone speeding cameras in Tallahassee have been up and running for a full school year now, and the program delivered – holding tens of thousands of speeders accountable through millions in fines.
While debates are breaking into the open over whether these cameras are actually about public safety or just a “money grab,” the cameras have quickly become a gold mine for the City of Tallahassee.
A little more than 50,000 notices of violation were issued to Tallahassee drivers since the program’s inception last March. At $100 a ticket, this means the cameras have the potential to bring in $5 million with the City of Tallahassee’s share equating to nearly $2 million of that if all the tickets get paid off…