"OAKLAND The city's transportation director stood Friday morning at a busy Oakland intersection, explaining how newly installed road-safety cameras will work, when suddenly his voice was drowned out by a car roaring down a nearby road. The vehicle, nowhere in sight, was apparently going fast enough that its rattling engine could be heard loudly by those gathered at Broadway and 27th Street, where one of the new cameras is mounted to a street light."
"Following a 60-day warning period that ends March 15, the city will begin issuing fines to drivers linked to those license plates. The safety initiative is intended to calm traffic speeds in a town where the sound of screeching tires can fill the air of an otherwise peaceful Friday morning. Too many Oakland families have lost loved ones due to traffic violence, Mayor Barbara Lee said at the news conference on Broadway."
Oakland deployed a fleet of 18 automated road-safety cameras to capture license plates of vehicles exceeding speed limits on heavily trafficked corridors. The cameras began snapping photos on Wednesday and started issuing warnings on Jan. 14. Following a 60-day warning period that ends March 15, the city will begin issuing fines to drivers linked to those plates. Cameras are installed at locations including International Boulevard, multiple stretches of 7th Street, and Hegenberger Road. City officials characterized speeding as a voluntary choice and said the initiative aims to calm traffic speeds and reduce traffic violence that has cost Oakland families loved ones.
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