Baltimore City utilizes an Automated Traffic Violation Enforcement System to catch red light, truck route, and speeding violations.
Drivers are only cited by speed cameras if they are driving at least 12 miles per hour over the posted speed limit in a school zone or on the Jones Falls Expressway. School zone speed cameras only operate Monday - Friday from 6:00am to 8:00pm. JFX cameras operate around the clock.
Using data from Open Baltimore, Bikemore analyzed the top ten vehicles receiving the most school zone speed camera citations in Baltimore City in 2024.
Highlights:
Just 10 Super Speeders were responsible for 1,117 speed camera citations in 2024
These Super Speeders owe $81,341 in unpaid Baltimore City traffic citations
6 Super Speeders had Virginia tags, 4 had Maryland tags
Every Super Speeder received repeat location violations: one received 56 citations at a single speed camera location
Baltimore’s Super Speeders with Virginia tags are aware that reciprocity agreements do not exist, and that they are able to speed freely and ignore ATVES fines without fear of it impacting their license or registration.
Baltimore’s Super Speeders with Maryland tags are aware that the city lacks the authority to boot or tow vehicles for unpaid ATVES citations, and may be driving with expired registrations to avoid payment at registration renewal.
We continue to advocate for—and State Delegates Addison and Wells have repeatedly introduced—legislation to enable reciprocity and authorization for booting and towing. Other delegates have pushed for speed limiters for chronic repeat speeding offenders. But these lifesaving measures regularly face opposition from our region’s state senators and have died year after year in senate committee.
The Washington, D.C. City Council has empowered their Office of the Attorney General to bring civil suits against drivers from any jurisdiction who have large balances of unpaid moving violations.
While we wait for our region’s senate delegation to get its act together, Baltimore City should begin pursuing these civil suits to ensure there’s at least one path to accountability for the Super Speeders recklessly endangering Baltimoreans every day.
This post and data analysis was inspired by Transportation Alternatives in New York City. We thank them for their tireless and model advocacy.