{"id":219065,"date":"2026-03-14T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219065\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:00:09","slug":"oakland-speed-camera-grace-period-ending-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219065\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland speed camera grace period ending: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bdrts1gg6ann3csi.jpg\" alt=\"Slow down: Oakland kicks off speed camera program\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/video\/fmc-1iomrsg8jdid1dkx\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slow down: Oakland kicks off speed camera program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Oakland is launching its speed safety camera program on Friday, beginning with warnings for drivers who exceed the speed limit.&#13;<br \/>\nActual citations will be issued starting in mid-March. Ticket amounts will range from $50 to $500.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oakland\u2019s<\/a> 60-day grace period for speeding drivers ends this weekend\u2014\u00a0a shift from mailed warnings to citations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">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\u2019s streets, they account for 60% of the city\u2019s severe and fatal wrecks.<\/p>\n<p>    Warning period data  <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Violations peaked Wednesday through Saturday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>  Locations with the most warnings <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The following speed camera locations had the most warnings:<\/p>\n<p> 73rd Avenue (Fresno to Krause, SB): 320 per dayBroadway (27th to 28th St., NB): 296 per dayBroadway (27th to 28th St., SB): 243 per dayHegenberger Road (Spencer to Hawley, SB): 225 per day98th Avenue (Blake Drive to Gould St., SB): 221 per day7th Street (Adeline to Linden St., WB): 200 per dayWest Grand Avenue (Chestnut to Linden St., WB): 198 per dayHegenberger Road (Spencer to Hawley, NB): 175 per day98th Avenue (Blake Drive to Gould St., NB): 137 per daySan Pablo Avenue (Athens Ave. to Sycamore St., SB): 131 per day <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/high-traffic-areas-oakland.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Fines and Penalties <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Starting Sunday, drivers caught by the cameras will face fines established by state law AB 645. Penalty amounts are determined by how much the driver exceeds the posted speed limit:<\/p>\n<p> 11\u201315 mph over: $5016\u201325 mph over: $10026+ mph over: $200Over 100 mph: $500 <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information and data from the City of Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slow down: Oakland kicks off speed camera program Oakland is launching its speed safety camera program on Friday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-219065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}