CHICAGO — The city of Chicago has framed its school speed camera program as a way to keep kids safe, pushing back against claims it’s a cash grab by pointing to a simple rule: Drivers don’t get tickets on days students aren’t in class.
One day last fall, that standard broke down.
On a Friday in November when a Southwest Side charter school was closed to give students a chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19, nearly two dozen cars nonetheless got hit for speeding in the nearby automated camera “school safety zone.”
