Now a few months into the speed-camera era of San Francisco traffic enforcement, the most notorious block for speeding covered by the cameras is at Third and Bryant streets, which accounts for nearly 25% of all SF speed camera tickets.

When San Francisco’s new speed limit enforcement cameras started taking pictures of scofflaw, lead-foot drivers in March of this year, the first batch of data showed that the block where the cameras were catching the most speeders was at Fulton Street between Arguello Street and 40th Avenue in the Outer Richmond. But that first batch of data was from April, before all 56 cameras in the speed camera system were up and running. As of August 5, all of those speed cameras are now up and running.

With the full new network of cameras now snapping pictures of vehicles exceeding the speed limit, we have a new block where the largest number of speeders is being nabbed. The Chronicle sifted through SF Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA) data, and found that the largest number of camera-issued speeding tickets is coming from Third and Bryant streets, or rather, the block of Bryant between Second and Third streets.  

That data is from August, the (nearly) first full month that the cameras were all operating. And that month showed that the Third and Bryant streets block generated 4,000 speeding tickets for the month, or about 130 speeding tickets per day. That one block alone accounted for nearly 25% of all speeding tickets issued systemwide by all 56 speed enforcement cameras.

SFMTA analysts were not surprised. That block pulls in many drivers zipping off I-80 at the Fourth Street exit ramp, where the speed limit quickly lowers from highway speeds to 25 MPH on a four-lane stretch of Bryant Street that is all one-way traffic. On average, the speeders there were caught going 39 MPH, or 14 miles above the speed limit.

For those drivers going 14 MPH over the speed limit, that first offense would just get them a first-time warning. But the second offense would get the driver a $50 ticket. And those going 16 MPH or more over the speed limit get no warning, and a $100 ticket.

As a reminder, the fines for getting caught by the speed cameras start at $50 for those going 11-15 miles over the speed limit (and the first such infraction just gets you a warning). Fines move up to $100 for those going 16-25 miles over the speed limit (with no first-time warning), $200 for those going more than 25 miles over the speed limit, and a $500 fine if you somehow manage to be going more than 100 miles per hour over the speed limit on a San Francisco street.

Related: No More Warnings: SF Speed Cameras Will Start Issuing Fines, Starting Tuesday [SFist]

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