An automated camera system focused on speeding drivers \u2014 which issued 140,000 warnings in five weeks \u2014 started sending out real tickets on Sunday, Oakland officials say.<\/p>\n
The camera system detects vehicles traveling 11 mph or more above the posted speed limit, captures the license plate and mails a citation to the registered owner.<\/p>\n
City officials say the system is aimed at changing driver behavior and slowing traffic, ultimately reducing crashes and fatalities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStreet safety is public safety,\u201d Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a statement. \u201cWith this program, we are strengthening our commitment in keeping everyone safe whether you walk, bike, take public transit or drive in Oakland.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a five-week period, the system sent 140,000 warnings to 74,000 unique license plate holders. About 64% got one warning. Holders of 26,000 plates received two or more warnings.<\/p>\n
A camera monitoring southbound traffic at 73rd between Fresno and Krause averaged 320 warnings a day, officials said.<\/p>\n
The northbound camera at Broadway between 27th and 28th Streets averaged 296 warnings a day; the southbound camera there averaged 243.<\/p>\n
Cameras are installed at 18 locations that account for the most severe and fatal collisions in Oakland. The system photographs only the rear-facing license plate, not the windshield or face of driver. Facial recognition software is prohibited.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An automated camera system focused on speeding drivers \u2014 which issued 140,000 warnings in five weeks \u2014 started…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,143,145,144,1492,44807,25172,15432,821,101569,3278,1967],"class_list":["post-222365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-public-safety","tag-speed-cameras","tag-speeding","tag-tickets","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-cameras","tag-traffic-safety","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222365","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=222365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}