OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland’s 60-day grace period for speeding drivers ends this weekend— a shift from mailed warnings to citations.
The city launched its speed safety camera program Jan. 15, installing cameras at 18 high-injury hotspots. While these areas represent only 6% of Oakland’s streets, they account for 60% of the city’s severe and fatal wrecks.
Warning period data
During the first five weeks of the program, the cameras captured 140,000 speeding incidents involving drivers traveling at least 11 mph over the posted limit.
According to data released Friday, those 140,000 warnings were issued to about 74,000 unique license plates. While half of the vehicles were cited only once, 66% of all warnings went to drivers who were caught two or more times.…