San Francisco has implemented speed cameras at 33 locations, becoming California's first city to do so. Following an initial warning phase, citations are now being issued. The speed cameras were certified and independently reviewed prior to launch to ensure accuracy. Each camera captures an image if the speed exceeds 11 miles per hour over the limit. The city aims to improve traffic safety, particularly in locations identified as problematic, such as Bryant Street, known for its heavily trafficked expressway-like conditions.
"Up to 15 days from the time that you may have seen a flash in the camera because we obviously need to make sure that we are properly processing them and sending them to you in the mail," said Viktoriya Wise, streets director SFMTA.
"So before we even turned them on, we had the vendor certify the camera, make sure the radar is working. We had an independent contractor review the cameras and make sure they are working, and then we did some of our own ground truthing and worked with SFPD and our parking control officers and used a radar gun again to make sure the cameras are working before we got to today," said Wise.
"The whole problem with this street is that it's a one-way street and as you can see its one, two, three, four lanes across so people treat it as an expressway," said Neil Cohen, a San Francisco resident.
"Hoping these cameras help out and make people slowdown," said Joaquin Gusman, San Francisco resident.
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