Out of towners account for nearly half of speeding motorists in NYC

Cars registered outside of New York City account for nearly half of all drivers caught by city speed cameras, Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said Monday.

Of the tens of thousands of speed camera tickets issued since the Big Apple began using them in 2014, 41 percent were issued to vehicles registered outside of the city, according to DOT figures.

And two-thirds of violators lived at least three miles away from where they committed the violation.

“Most violators are not residents of the neighborhoods where the cameras are located,” Rodriguez told City Council members during a hearing held on the topic of “transit equity.”

Rodriguez and his Department

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