A handful of speed enforcement cameras have generated more income in fines this year than all the handwritten tickets (folios) issued by 1,800 traffic cops in the entire state of Jalisco.
Up to September 25, fines for speeding registered on the state’s network of fixed and mobile cameras netted 188 million pesos, compared to 115 million from traditional tickets issued for a wide range of infractions.
One reason contributing to this stat is that the automated speeding fine is 410 pesos, whereas the average fine issued by cops is 241 pesos.
By the end of the year, income from speed cameras since the system was installed in 2012 will have reached around half a billion pesos – 37 million dollars.
The 250 million pesos the Jalisco government can expect to raise this year from speeding fines is equivalent to 15 percent of the total revenue from the now defunct car owner’s tax known as tenencia.
The speeding ticket technology and distribution of tickets is operated by a private concession, Auto Traffic. So far this year, the Secretaria de Movilidad (Transportation Department) has paid out 51.4 million pesos to the firm, which pockets 79 pesos for each ticket issued.