Upstate NY city’s school zone speeding cameras lead to $3M in tickets

Drivers pay $3.24 million after Albany speed cameras installed

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The City of Albany lowered speed limits on most city streets to 25 MPH and 20 MPH in school zones. After the city installed speed cameras in school zones to enforce the new speed limits on January 1, the city has collected more than $3 million. More than 100 thousand tickets have been issued to drivers after the speed cameras were installed and about two thirds of those tickets have been paid, according to the city treasu…

Upstate NY city’s school zone speeding cameras lead to $3M in tickets

School zone speeding cameras have led to $3 million worth of tickets in an Upstate New York city, according to a new report.WNYT reports Albany drivers have been ticketed $3.24 million collectively over the past six months. Tickets began going out in October after a brief grace period.

1 city collected $3 million in speed camera tickets in 6 months

Speed camera | Bill O'Leary/The Washington PostThe city of Albany, New York, voted to implement automatic speed cameras in its school zones. After a grace period, the system began mailing tickets to October. It’s already collected $3.24 million. But only a fraction of this goes back to the city of Albany. Automatic cameras that detect a vehicle’s speed, read its license plate, and mail the owner a ticket are an increasingly popular technology. T…