'Speed limit cameras' in California may be coming soon: Here's where

'Speeding cameras' may come to your city soon

The bill would set up a pilot program in 6 California cities that would ticket speeding drivers through the use of cameras instead of officers.

LOS ANGELES - The State Assembly on Tuesday will decide the fate of a bill that would set up a pilot program in six California cities, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, that would ticket speeding drivers through the use of speed cameras instead of police officers.

AB-645 would authorize all the pilot cities - LA, Long Beach, Glendale, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose - to set up speed cameras to issue automatic tickets for drivers going at least 11 mph over the speed limit.

Civil penalties would be $50, $100, $200 or $500 for exceeding the speed limit by 11 mph, 16 mph, 26 mph and over 100 mph.

The first violation notice would be a warning.

The pilot program would last five years and then be assessed.

If the program is successful in the pilot cities, it could be expanded throughout California.

California Crime and Public Safety