Orlando school zone cameras: $100 tickets start Nov. 30

Drivers caught going more than 10 mph over the limit near 20 Orlando schools will start getting $100 tickets in the mail Monday, Nov. 30. Until then, the city’s new school zone cameras send warnings only.

The cameras switched on Oct. 5, the city said in its announcement of the program. The warning period ends Nov. 29. The city’s school zone speed camera page lists the schools, the fine and what to do with a notice.

The 20 schools with cameras

The city lists these schools and the road each camera watches. Each school name links to our page on that school, with its zone, state grade and calendar.

“Photo Enforced” signs are posted at every school zone entrance with a camera, the city said.

When the cameras are on

The cameras work only on school days. They do not issue violations on weekends, school holidays or other days when students are out, the city said.

On a school day, enforcement runs from 30 minutes before classes start until 30 minutes after they end. The exact hours follow each school’s bell schedule. Two limits apply:

• the reduced school zone limit during morning arrival and afternoon dismissal
• the regular posted limit during the rest of the school day

A camera flags a vehicle going more than 10 mph over whichever limit is in force.

What happens if you get a notice

A certified Orlando Police Department traffic enforcement officer reviews each image before a notice goes out, the city said. Nothing is sent automatically.

The notice goes to the vehicle’s registered owner, not the driver. The cameras do not photograph the driver because the violation is civil. That also means no points go on a Florida driver’s license.

The owner has three choices, according to the city:

• pay the $100 by the due date, 30 days from the notice
• transfer the violation to the person who was driving, by mailing an affidavit
• ask for a hearing to contest it

Payment, affidavits and hearing requests go through violationinfo.com, or by phone at 866-225-8875 or 866-790-4111. If the owner does nothing, the city issues a Uniform Traffic Citation with a $204 fine, payable to the Orange County Clerk of Courts. Questions go to the Orlando Stops Traffic Safety Program at 407-246-2060.

Where the money goes

Fines will fund public safety work, including the city’s Vision Zero traffic safety efforts, the city said. As state law requires, part of the money goes to school safety and crossing guard programs.

What it means for you

• If you drive past any school on the list, slow to the posted school zone limit at arrival and dismissal, and keep to the normal limit in between.
• A warning letter now means a camera caught your vehicle. From Nov. 30 the same speed costs $100.
• If someone else drives your car, the notice still comes to you. Use the affidavit to move it to them.
• Late payment more than doubles the cost, from $100 to a $204 court citation.

For more on the schools themselves, see our Orlando schools guide. For other traffic changes around town, see Orlando road closures and getting around Orlando.