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Los Angeles drivers, here’s your official warning: the era of “no one’s really checking” is coming to an end.
The City Council has approved a plan to install up to 125 speed cameras across the city, targeting corridors where speeding (and the crashes that come with it) happen most often. Once the system is live, drivers going at least 11 mph over the limit could face fines ranging from $50 to a hefty $500.
According to city timelines, installation and testing of the new cameras will run from April through July, followed by a public education campaign and a 60-day warning period, after which tickets will start hitting mailboxes later in 2026. The program is part of a statewide pilot authorized under AB 645, which allows a handful of California cities to experiment with automated speed enforcement.
Officials say the locations weren’t chosen at random. Cameras are being placed along what the city calls “priority safety corridors,” emphasizing areas close to schools, senior centers and streets that have a track record of speed-related crashes. To make those decisions, LADOT analyzed more than 7,000 street segments and considered factors like collision history, high-speed travel and proximity to vulnerable populations before narrowing it down to the 125 sites.
“L.A. is the last to implement it, and frankly, that's embarrassing and unfortunate,” Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky said during Tuesday’s hearing. “This pilot is limited to five years and we're already well into that five-year period.”
City officials argue the urgency is justified. According to LADOT’s Automated Speed Safety Pilot Report, speed is a factor in nearly a third of traffic deaths and programs like this have been shown to significantly reduce both dangerous driving and fatal crashes. In 2025 alone, Los Angeles recorded more traffic deaths than homicides, Patch reported, a statistic that has become a driving force behind the city’s Vision Zero push.
Still, not everyone is convinced. Critics have raised concerns about privacy, cost and whether automated enforcement could disproportionately affect lower-income communities. In response, the city says it will allow some low-income residents to complete community service rather than pay fines and will track the program’s impacts over time.
For now, though, if you’ve been treating certain stretches of L.A. like your own personal freeway, those days may be numbered.
Drivers can view a full, interactive map of the camera locations here, but here are the most notable speed camera corridors around the city:
Hollywood & Central L.A.
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Hollywood Blvd (N Vista St → Camino Palmero St)
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Sunset Blvd (multiple stretches through Hollywood & Echo Park)
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Highland Ave (through Hollywood core and into the Hills)
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Melrose Ave (Fairfax District)
Downtown L.A.
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S San Pedro St (DTLA / Little Tokyo & Fashion District)
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W 7th St (Financial District)
Westside & Coastal
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Venice Blvd (Venice & Pico-Union)
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Vista Del Mar (Playa del Rey coastline)
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W Olympic Blvd (West LA)
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S Barrington Ave (West LA)
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Washington Blvd (Marina del Rey / Venice)
Koreatown & Mid-City
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W Olympic Blvd (Koreatown & Mid-Wilshire)
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W 6th St (Koreatown)
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S La Cienega Blvd (multiple Mid-City segments)
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W Washington Blvd (Mid-City)
San Fernando Valley
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Sepulveda Blvd (Van Nuys / North Hills)
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Van Nuys Blvd (Pacoima)
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Sherman Way (Van Nuys & Reseda)
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Victory Blvd (Encino, Reseda, Valley Glen)
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Reseda Blvd (Reseda / Northridge)
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Balboa Blvd (Granada Hills / Northridge)
South L.A.
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S Figueroa St (multiple stretches across South LA)
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W Florence Ave (Vermont-Slauson / Chesterfield Square)
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S Vermont Ave (Vermont-Slauson)
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S Central Ave (Watts / Green Meadows)
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Avalon Blvd (Florence)
Eastside & Northeast L.A.
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E 4th St (Boyle Heights)
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S Soto St (Boyle Heights)
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Huntington Dr (El Sereno)
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Riverside Dr (Elysian Valley / Frogtown)
Harbor & South Bay
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S Gaffey St (San Pedro)
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N Avalon Blvd (Wilmington)
West Valley & Outer Areas
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Ventura Blvd (Woodland Hills)
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Valley Circle Blvd (West Hills)
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Foothill Blvd (Sunland-Tujunga)