LA City Council considers changing speed limits on dozens of streets

Friday, November 30, 2018
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles City Council is considering raising the speed limit on more than 100 miles of streets.

But there's a catch - this isn't for drivers to get to their destinations faster, the changes are ultimately a way to allow police officers to ticket more speeding drivers.
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Current laws prohibit officers from using radar guns in areas where the posted speed limit is too low or more than 7 years old.

If the new limits are approved, the share of streets where officers can write tickets would increase to 97.5 percent.
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The San Fernando Valley would see most of the speed limit increases.

City News Service contributed to this report.
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