Los Angeles rolls out first set of speed cameras – CBS News

Los Angeles rolls out first set of speed cameras  CBS News

Los Angeles said the Monday activation was part of an effort to reduce traffic deaths and dangerous speeding. The city characterized the cameras’ use as an attempt to address those two safety concerns, linking the new equipment to its stated goal of reducing deaths and speeding it considers dangerous. The activation involved the city’s initial group of cameras and occurred Monday. Los Angeles’ stated target is to have 125 cameras turned on by the end of the year. The 125-camera objective describes the number the city aims to activate by that deadline, following Monday’s activation of the initial set.

The city tied both the initial activation and the year-end activation goal to its effort to reduce traffic deaths and dangerous speeding. Under the city’s description, the cameras are being rolled out as a measure intended to help confront dangerous speeding while pursuing a reduction in traffic deaths. Monday’s action was the first activation, and the larger target calls for 125 cameras to be on by the end of the year, according to the city’s stated goal.