For decades, Minnesota drivers knew that to get a speeding ticket, they had to be pulled over by a squad car.
In late 2025, that rule effectively vanished in certain zones.
Following the legislative authorization of the “Traffic Safety Camera Pilot Program,” automated enforcement cameras are now live in Minneapolis and authorized for Mendota Heights and state highway work zones. Unlike the controversial “red light cameras” of the early 2000s (which were ruled unconstitutional in State v. Kuhlman), this new system was built with specific legal guardrails to survive court challenges…