Chicago drivers were issued more speed tickets in 2021 than there are city residents. Annual ticket revenues doubled, but fatal crashes still increased.
Chicago speed cameras issued 2.81 million citations in 2021, sending more tickets to drivers in one year than there are residents in the nation's third-largest city.
One of those tickets went to Dr. Ramiro Gumucio – his first speeding fine in three decades.
"I'm a physician. I've worked with a lot of trauma patients who were in car accidents, so I've always been cautious when it comes to speeding," said Gumucio, who lives in the Sauganash neighborhood. "I found out by email I got my first ticket from the city last August for going 36 mph."
An Illinois Policy Institute investigation found city speed cameras in 2021 collected $89 million from motorists – more than doubling revenues generated from the cameras in previous years. Of that amount, almost two-thirds, or $55.9 million, came just from the $35 tickets Mayor Lori Lightfoot wanted issued starting March 1, 2021, for going 6 to 10 mph over the limit. Above that, the speed camera fines are $100.
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