Radar Enforcement Planned for Pacific Coast Highway
The Santa Monica Police Department predicts a tenfold increase in speeding tickets along Pacific Coast Highway between the McClure Tunnel and Santa Monica Canyon because of the city’s new radar.
Caltrans, after conducting a survey on traffic and roadway conditions, raised the speed limit from 40 to 45 mph, allowing the city to begin using radar to catch speeders.
Police departments may not use radar without an updated survey of speed limits by Caltrans. Even without radar, said police spokesman Gary Gallinot, the city was issuing “quite a few” tickets on that section of the highway.
The city has yet to post signs reflecting the new 45-mph limit, he said.
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