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Warning period over: Phoenix begins issuing photo camera speeding citations

This photo safety camera is along Camelback Road in Phoenix.

(Courtesy Phoenix Street Transportation Department)

The Phoenix Photo Safety Program will begin issuing citations Wednesday, March 25, to drivers who exceed posted speed limits.

The move follows a 30-day warning period, during which time the nine cameras captured more than 70,000 events of drivers exceeding posted speed limits, according to a city release.

“During the warning period of the Photo Safety Program, we saw an alarming number of drivers exceeding safe speeds,” Briiana Velez, street transportation director, said.

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