{"id":179099,"date":"2026-03-05T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179099\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:11:08","slug":"how-florida-school-zone-speeding-cameras-really-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179099\/","title":{"rendered":"How Florida school zone speeding cameras really work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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View of a school-zone speed limit sign around Palmetto Elementary in Pinecrest, Florida, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

Pedro Portal<\/p>\n

pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n

Speed cameras near Florida schools can issue $100 violations whether or not yellow warning lights are flashing \u2014 a rule that has caught many drivers off guard. Plus, the cameras operate throughout the school day, not just during drop-off and pick-up windows. They were generating more than $2 million a month in violations in Miami-Dade last summer.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY: No flashing yellow lights? Cameras can still issue $100 tickets in school zones<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n

Street signs listing a school\u2019s start and end times \u2014 not flashing yellow lights \u2014 define Florida school zones. Many schools don\u2019t even have the optional yellow flashers.Most camera-generated violations happen outside the pick-up and drop-off windows, when yellow lights aren\u2019t flashing and drivers assume they\u2019re in the clear. But the cameras can operate all day, catching speeders during any school hours.Under Florida law, a driver can only be ticketed by the cameras for exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 mph. Chicago-based RedSpeed operates the cameras in Miami-Dade and keeps about $20 of every $100 violation. Ignoring a $100 camera violation can escalate to a traffic citation and eventually, a suspended license. Mark Gold, founder of the Ticket Clinic, said his firm generally advises drivers to just pay rather than fight the fine.<\/p>\n

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"View of a school-zone speed limit sign around Palmetto Elementary in Pinecrest, Florida, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[84695,123,125,124,84697,84699,84698,84696],"class_list":["post-179099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-florida-school-zone-cameras","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade-speed-cameras","tag-redspeed-miami","tag-school-speed-limits","tag-school-zone-speed-cameras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}