Tacoma speed cameras catch 400K drivers in first month

Two new speed cameras in Tacoma caught 400,000 speeding drivers in just one month. Yes, I said 400,000. In fact, it's so many, the city can't even process them all. Instead, officials are randomly selecting 100 drivers a day to get tickets. Fox 13's A.J. Janovell explains why so many drivers are getting caught in this South Sound speed trap. The speed limit on Marine View Drive is 40 miles per hour, but that's not stopping some drivers from going much faster. The city is hopeful these cameras will. I can probably count at least 10 wrecks. There's a hole in that fence right there. The other night, a car went through it. City officials say the call for the cameras came from the community, fed up with crashes and dangerous drivers. One of the new cameras is located on Norpoint Way and the other at Marine View Drive. Everybody speeds. So many people speeding. In fact, too many to even punish. Writing 400,000 tickets a month is too expensive, officials tell me. So now, out of the thousands of speeders captured on camera every day, the city says they'll send tickets to 100 drivers. There is a threshold for how they'll choose who to give a ticket to. But officials aren't releasing that information because they don't want drivers to get comfortable going over the limit at any speed. Life shouldn't have a cost on it. It should be just, it should be a no brainer that we, you know, one life is too many as far as I'm concerned. It's just, it's something that's, thank God they finally did something. Gina Bell works right across the street from the camera on Marine View Drive. She tells me this road has been a concern for her and her customers for years. She believes the cameras are already making a difference. As I've been noticing the last few days, I've noticed the people are really not speeding that much. City officials say legally every penny of the $145 that these tickets cost drivers must go back to keeping this road safe, creating things like bike lanes, crosswalks, and more lighting. Reporting in Tacoma, AJ Janneville, Fox 13 News.