Photo Radar Tickets in Colorado: Your Complete Statewide Legal Guide (2025–2026)

Important Notice: This article is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Mandelaris Law LLC represents clients in personal injury and third-party liability matters only. We do not handle traffic ticket defense or criminal matters. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. 

For traffic defense assistance, the Colorado Bar Association Lawyer Search is a useful resource. Information in this article reflects our understanding of Colorado law and enforcement programs as of May 2026.

 

 

1. The Colorado Law: C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5 and SB23-200

Every photo radar ticket issued anywhere in Colorado — by a city, county, or CDOT — is governed by a single statute: C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5, the Automated Vehicle Identification Systems statute. This law defines where cameras can be placed, what process must be followed before a citation can be issued, how notices must be delivered, what fines can be charged, and what your rights are as a registered owner.

The current wave of photo radar expansion across Colorado was triggered by Senate Bill 23-200, signed into law on June 5, 2023. Before SB23-200, cameras were largely restricted to school zones, residential streets, construction zones, and streets bordering parks. The 2023 law added a crucial new authorization category — the designated automated vehicle identification (AVIS) corridor — allowing municipalities to formally designate arterial and collector streets for automated enforcement even outside those traditional zones. SB23-200 also gave CDOT authority to deploy cameras on state highways, which it began exercising in 2025.

Key requirements SB23-200 imposed on any new system launched after July 1, 2023:

• The city or municipality must publicly announce the program on its website at least 30 days before the cameras go live.
• For the first 30 days of operation, only warnings may be issued — no fines. (Some cities have extended this warning period voluntarily.)
• Cities creating an AVIS corridor must first document five years of crash, speeding, or community complaint data for that street segment.
• If the corridor is on a state highway, the city must coordinate with CDOT and the Colorado State Patrol before the corridor becomes active.
• Municipalities must publish an annual report on their website disclosing the number of citations and revenue generated by each corridor.

You can read the full enrolled text of SB23-200 directly from the Colorado General Assembly. The current, annotated text of C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5 is available on FindLaw and on Justia. The Colorado General Assembly also maintains a plain-language overview of AVIS law on its website.

2. Where Cameras Are Legally Permitted

This is one of the most practically important sections of the law — and one of the most fertile grounds for challenging a citation. Automated speed cameras in Colorado can only be operated in the following six location types. A camera outside one of these categories has no legal authority to issue citations.

1. School zones
2. Residential streets with posted speed limits of 35 mph or less
3. Active construction, maintenance, or repair zones
4. Streets that border a municipal park
5. Formally designated AVIS corridors — street segments officially designated by ordinance or resolution after meeting the five-year data and coordination requirements of SB23-200
6. State highways designated by CDOT — under CDOT’s state speed enforcement program, which operates separately from municipal programs

The corridor designation is where cities most often stumble. It requires: (a) a formal city council or board resolution or ordinance; (b) documented five-year crash and speeding data; (c) for state highways, coordination with CDOT and the Colorado State Patrol; and (d) proper signage installed before citations begin. Every one of these requirements must be completed before the first ticket is mailed. If any step was skipped or the designation was not in place on the date of your alleged violation, the citation is potentially invalid regardless of your actual speed.

3. Civil Infraction — Not a Criminal Charge

A photo radar ticket in Colorado is not a criminal matter. It is a civil penalty assessed against the registered owner of the vehicle. Understanding this distinction is essential before you decide how to respond.

• No criminal record. A photo radar citation does not result in a criminal charge, conviction, or any criminal record entry.
• No points on your license. The DMV does not assess driver’s license points for any AVIS violation in Colorado. Your insurance company cannot use a photo radar citation to raise your rates based on this record (verify this with your insurer for your specific policy).
• No license suspension. Your driver’s license cannot be suspended solely for a photo radar citation or for failing to pay one.
• No registration suspension. The state cannot automatically suspend your vehicle registration for an unpaid photo radar fine.
• Lower evidentiary standard. This is a civil proceeding. The city must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence — more likely than not — rather than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of criminal law.

However, “civil” does not mean consequence-free. Unpaid violations escalate: a Civil Penalty Assessment Notice is issued, then a final order of liability can be entered against you, and the debt can be sent to a collection agency. The key is to respond — either by paying or requesting a hearing — before the deadline printed on your notice.

4. Fine Limits by Location Type

State law caps the fines municipalities and CDOT can impose. These caps apply statewide regardless of which city issued the ticket or how fast the driver was traveling (with a narrow exception for 25+ mph over, discussed below). Under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5:

Camera Location Type	Issuing Authority	Maximum Fine
Residential street / park border / designated AVIS corridor	Municipality	$40
School zone	Municipality	$80 (doubled)
Construction / maintenance / repair work zone	Municipality or CDOT	$75
State highway speed enforcement corridor (CDOT)	CDOT	$75
Red-light camera (any intersection)	Municipality	$75

The 25 mph over carve-out. The statute contains language stating that the civil penalty cap “does not apply” when a driver is clocked at 25 mph or more over the limit. Some municipalities — most infamously Kersey — tried to use this language to impose $340 fines. Courts and hearing officers rejected this interpretation, and Kersey was ultimately forced to refund more than $500,000. The lesson: even when a city claims authority to charge more, that claim is legally vulnerable and worth challenging.

First offense / under 10 mph over. For a first-time violator clocked at less than 10 mph over the speed limit, the law requires only a warning — not a fine. If you received a monetary citation in this situation, it may be improper on its face.

5. Active Programs: Every Colorado Municipality and CDOT Location

As of May 2026, automated speed enforcement is active or recently launched in the following Colorado jurisdictions. This list will continue to grow — if your city is not listed here, it may have launched a program after this article was published. Always verify with your local municipality.

Jefferson County

• Wheat Ridge — Launched early 2025. Fixed camera on W. 32nd Ave near Wheat Ridge High School; trailer-mounted mobile camera; Dragon-Eye mobile camera deployed August 2025. Vendor: Altumint (Pasadena, CA). Source: Jeffco Transcript, 9NEWS.
• Morrison — Launched May 2024. Issued more than 10,000 $40 citations in its first two weeks of operation. Vendor: Traffic Logix. Source: 9NEWS.
• Mountain View — Active program. Vendor: Dacra. In fiscal year 2025, Dacra captured 57% of all citation revenue generated by the program. Source: 9NEWS investigation.

Denver County

• Denver — One of Colorado’s longest-running photo radar programs. Uses fixed cameras, mobile photo radar vans, and red-light cameras at selected high-crash intersections. Denver expanded enforcement in its 2026 budget, forecasting an additional $610,000 in revenue from increased photo radar activity. Violations are issued at 10 mph over the speed limit.

Arapahoe County

• Aurora — Expanded mobile speed camera program launched November 18, 2025 (with a 30-day warning period; citations began December 17, 2025). Two mobile speed cameras deployed in residential areas, school zones, park-adjacent streets, and work zones. Violations triggered at 11 mph over the limit. Source: City of Aurora.
• Cherry Hills Village — Active program, one of Colorado’s earliest adopters.
• Greenwood Village — Active AVIS program.
• Sheridan — Active AVIS program.

Boulder County

• Boulder — Long-running photo radar program. Expanded AVIS corridors in late 2025 following CDOT and Colorado State Patrol approval, adding cameras on portions of Broadway, Canyon Boulevard, Arapahoe Avenue, Foothills Parkway, 28th Street, and Baseline Road. Enforcement concentrated in school zones, residential neighborhoods, and newly approved state highway corridors.
• Longmont — Launched speed cameras with four cameras in 2025 (citations active from June 20, 2025). Added red-light cameras in March 2026 with a 30-day warning period at Ken Pratt Blvd / Main St and Main St / Ute Highway. Violations at 11 mph over. Vendor: SensysGatso.

Larimer County

• Fort Collins — Established speed corridors with camera enforcement, one of the earlier SB23-200 adopters. For violations captured at 25 mph over or more, Fort Collins officers personally serve a written criminal citation rather than a civil mailed notice — a more rigorous enforcement model than most cities.

El Paso County

• Colorado Springs — Launched two mobile Speed Safety Camera (SSC) systems in October 2025. Deployment prioritizes school zones, followed by residential areas, park-adjacent streets, and construction zones. Source: City of Colorado Springs.

Adams County

• Commerce City — Active AVIS program.
• Northglenn — Active AVIS program.

Douglas County

• Lone Tree — Active AVIS program.

Pueblo County

• Pueblo — Municipal AVIS program. Additionally, CDOT has deployed speed enforcement cameras in the I-25/US 50B Interchange Reconstruction work zone in Pueblo — a CDOT state highway program separate from the municipal program. Source: CDOT Camera Locations.

Weld County

• Kersey — Launched May 2025 on County Road 49. Notorious for issuing illegal $340 citations before being forced to refund more than $500,000 following 9NEWS investigative reporting (see Section 12 below). Vendor: Emergent Enforcement Solutions (EES). Source: 9NEWS.
• I-25 North (Mead to Berthoud) — CDOT state highway cameras in the I-25 North Express Lanes work zone. Eight cameras active; $75 civil penalties. Source: CDOT.

Eagle County (I-70 Mountain Corridor)

• Avon — Installed five speed cameras in three locations. Active program targeting drivers exceeding the limit by more than 10 mph. Source: Summit Daily.
• Vail — Automated speed enforcement along South Frontage Road, program went live November 16, 2025. Source: Summit Daily.

Garfield County

• Glenwood Springs — Active local speed camera program. Source: Summit Daily.

CDOT Statewide State Highway Program

In addition to municipal programs, CDOT operates its own statewide Colorado Speed Enforcement Program, authorized under SB23-200 and a subsequent 2024 legislative expansion. This is a separate program from any municipal AVIS system — citations come from CDOT, not a city. Current active locations:

• CO 119 between Boulder and Longmont (Boulder County) — Six cameras in the CO 119 Safety, Mobility and Bikeway work zone. Warning period began July 21, 2025; $75 civil penalties active since January 12, 2026. Source: CDOT, Boulder County.
• I-25 North between Mead and Berthoud (Weld County) — Eight cameras; $75 civil penalties active. Source: CDOT.
• I-25/US 50B Interchange Reconstruction in Pueblo (Pueblo County) — Warning period recently launched; citations expected soon. Source: CDOT.
• Additional locations in 2026 — CDOT has announced plans to deploy cameras at additional work zones and high-risk corridors during 2026, with I-70 through Glenwood Canyon and Floyd Hill discussed at Transportation Commission workshops. Source: Summit Daily.

CDOT’s program produced a striking early result: an approximately 80% reduction in speeding through the CO 119 work zone after cameras were deployed, according to CDOT data. Pay or contest CDOT citations at coloradospeedenforcement.com.

6. How the Citation Process Works — Step by Step

Understanding the procedural chain from camera capture to your mailbox helps you identify both where errors can occur and where your defenses are strongest.

Step 1 — Violation Capture

A vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by the threshold amount (typically 10 or 11 mph, depending on the jurisdiction) within a designated camera zone. The camera records the vehicle speed, photographs the license plate, and stamps the image with the timestamp, location, camera ID, and sensor ID. This metadata appears directly on the photographs included with your citation.

Step 2 — Registration Lookup

The private vendor looks up the license plate number with the DMV to identify the registered owner. In Wheat Ridge, Altumint is charged $15 per registration lookup. This fee scales directly with ticket volume — a structure that has drawn significant scrutiny (see Section 11).

Step 3 — Sworn Officer Review and Certification

Before any citation can be issued, a sworn law enforcement officer must personally review the photographic evidence and certify it as a valid violation. This is a legal requirement, not an administrative formality. The officer’s name, signature, and badge number appear on your Notice of Violation. This is one of the most important steps in the chain — and one of the most commonly questioned during hearings.

Step 4 — Notice of Violation Mailed

The vendor mails a Notice of Violation by first-class mail to the registered owner. The notice must be sent within 30 days of the violation for in-state vehicles and 60 days for out-of-state vehicles. The notice must include: a photograph of the vehicle, the recorded speed, the camera location, the violation number and PIN, the fine amount, the deadline to respond, and instructions for paying or contesting. If any required element is missing, the notice itself may be defective.

Step 5 — Owner Responds (or Does Not)

You have a fixed window — typically 45 days from the issue date — to either pay the civil penalty or submit a written hearing request. If you do neither, you automatically waive your right to contest and a Civil Penalty Assessment Notice is issued, which if unpaid leads to a final order of liability and potential collection action.

Step 6 — Hearing (if requested)

At the hearing, the city or CDOT must present evidence proving every legal requirement was satisfied. You have the right to question witnesses, request documentation, and present your own defenses. If the citation is not dismissed and you still disagree, the final order can be appealed to the county court for the county where the alleged violation occurred.

7. Critical Fine Print on Your Notice

Before you decide what to do with a photo radar citation, read these statements — they have significant legal consequences.

“Payment is deemed an admission and waiver of your right to appeal.”

This language appears on Wheat Ridge citations and is common across Colorado programs. If you pay the fine — even partially — you are legally admitting the violation occurred and forfeiting your right to contest it. Do not pay if you intend to challenge the ticket.

The Deadline Is Hard and Statutory

Under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5, missing the response deadline waives your right to contest the violation and the civil penalty amount. There is no automatic grace period. The deadline is printed on the front of your citation — it is typically 45 to 46 days from the issue date depending on your municipality.

The Registered Owner Is Liable — Even If They Weren’t Driving

Citations go to the registered owner of the vehicle as of the date of the violation. If someone else was driving your car, you still get the ticket. You may be able to provide evidence that you were not the driver — the law cannot force you to identify who was — but you cannot simply ignore the notice because you were not behind the wheel.

Collection Is Limited Without Personal Service

A jurisdiction cannot initiate or pursue a collection action against you unless you have been personally served with either the Notice of Violation or a final order of liability. If your notice was only sent by first-class mail — which is standard for photo radar — and you assert it was never actually delivered, the city’s ability to pursue collection is legally constrained. This is a statutory right explicitly preserved in C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5(2)(e)(VIII).

8. Grounds to Contest a Photo Radar Ticket

Each of the following defenses corresponds to a legal requirement under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5 that the issuing authority — city or CDOT — must affirmatively prove. At a hearing, the burden is on the government to establish its case. You do not have to prove you were not speeding; you only need to create doubt on any single required element.

1. Corridor Authorization Was Not Completed

The city must have a valid, formally adopted resolution or ordinance designating the specific street segment as an AVIS corridor — and it must pre-date the citation. For state highway locations, CDOT and State Patrol coordination must have been completed. If the city cannot produce this documentation, or if the designation was adopted after the date of your violation, the citation is potentially invalid. This is often the strongest defense because paperwork gaps are common in newly launched programs.

2. Required Signage Was Missing or Improperly Placed

The law requires a permanent warning sign at least 300 feet before the camera (or the corridor entrance). For mobile cameras, a temporary sign must be posted at least 300 feet in advance. For red-light cameras, the sign must be between 200 and 500 feet before the intersection. If the sign was absent, obstructed, knocked down, or placed at the wrong distance, the citation may be invalid. The city must prove signage compliance — not you.

3. Calibration Records Are Missing or Expired

Speed measurement devices must be properly calibrated and records maintained. Your citation will show a Camera ID and Sensor ID on the photographs. At a hearing, you can request calibration certificates for those specific devices. If the issuing authority cannot produce current calibration documentation, the reliability of the speed reading is in legitimate doubt. Ask specifically for the last calibration date, who performed it, and whether the device was within its certified parameters on the date of the violation.

4. Officer Certification Was Not Genuine

A sworn officer must personally certify each image before a citation is issued. At a hearing, you can question whether that officer actually viewed this specific image, how many images they certified in a single session, what criteria they applied, and whether they reviewed the images independently or through the vendor’s platform. In jurisdictions issuing thousands of citations per year — with processing handled by a private company in another state — this is a fair and legally significant line of inquiry.

5. Notice Was Not Properly Delivered

Under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5(2)(e)(VIII), you have an explicit statutory right to assert in any proceeding that a notice served by first-class mail was not actually delivered. This is especially significant if the deadline has passed.

6. The Photograph Is Unclear or Insufficient

The notice must include a clear photograph of the vehicle and its license plate. If the image is blurry, partially obstructed, or the plate is not clearly legible, the evidentiary foundation for identifying your specific vehicle is weakened.

7. First Offense / Under 10 MPH Over the Limit

For a first-time offender clocked at less than 10 mph over the posted limit, the statute requires a warning rather than a fine. If you received a monetary citation in this situation, the citation may be improper on its face.

8. Fine Exceeded the Statutory Cap

As the Kersey situation demonstrated, municipalities sometimes charge more than the statutory maximum. If your fine exceeds $40 (standard), $80 (school zone), or $75 (construction zone or red light), verify whether the city had lawful authority to impose the higher amount under its own local ordinance and state statute.

9. How to Request a Hearing

The process varies slightly by municipality, but here is the general approach for most Colorado jurisdictions.

Step 1: Do not pay the fine. Payment is admission. If you intend to contest, do not submit any payment.

Step 2: Locate your response deadline. It is printed on the front of your Notice of Violation. Most Colorado municipalities give you 45 to 46 days from the issue date.

Step 3: Submit your hearing request through the portal.

• Wheat Ridge / Altumint citations: www.onlinecitationpayment.com — Log in with your Violation Number and PIN. Three-dot menu → Download Forms → Court Hearing Request.
• Longmont / SensysGatso citations: viewcitation.com — Use your citation number and PIN. Or call 1-855-972-3320. Request a formal hearing before Longmont Municipal Court within 46 days of the citation date.
• CDOT citations (CO 119, I-25 North, I-25/US 50B Pueblo): coloradospeedenforcement.com. Hearings are conducted in the county court for the county where the alleged violation occurred.
• Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins: Contact the issuing city’s municipal court or police department directly — contact information is printed on your notice.

Step 4: Prepare your hearing materials. Gather: a copy of your Notice of Violation; the citation photographs; and any evidence related to the defenses described in Section 8. At the hearing, the city’s representative must present their case first — you then have the opportunity to question witnesses and present your own evidence.

Step 5: If the citation is not dismissed, you may appeal to the county court for the county where the alleged violation occurred. Under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5, appeals to county court are on matters of both law and fact.

10. What If Your Deadline Has Already Passed?

Missing the response deadline is serious but does not necessarily eliminate your options.

Call the issuing authority immediately. Before a final order of liability is formally entered against you, call the enforcement line printed on your notice. Many jurisdictions will still accept a late hearing request if a final order has not yet been entered, particularly if you can show the notice was recently received or that there was a mailing issue.

Assert non-delivery on appeal. C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5(2)(e)(VIII) explicitly preserves your right to assert in any proceeding that a notice served by first-class mail was not actually delivered to you. This argument is available even after the deadline has passed, and it is especially significant if you are challenging a collection action.

Appeal to county court. Final orders of liability can be appealed to the county court in the county where the violation allegedly occurred. Those appeals are on matters of both law and fact, meaning you can still raise substantive defenses — improper signage, missing corridor documentation, bad calibration records — even at the appeal stage.

Consult a traffic defense attorney. If the dollar amount is significant, or if there is a collection action under way, consult a qualified Colorado traffic defense attorney. A good starting point for finding one is the Colorado Bar Association Lawyer Search. This is outside our practice area, but a traffic attorney can advise you on your specific procedural options.

11. The Revenue Controversy: What the 9NEWS Investigation Found

Colorado law prohibits municipalities from compensating photo radar vendors based on the number of tickets issued. The explicit purpose of this prohibition is to prevent cities and their private partners from having a direct financial incentive to ticket as many drivers as possible.

In February 2026, however, a comprehensive investigation by 9NEWS consumer investigator Steve Staeger found that several Colorado photo radar vendors had structured their contracts — through per-lookup fees, tiered hourly rates, and infrastructure cost recovery arrangements — in ways that allowed them to capture the majority of citation revenue while technically complying with the letter of the prohibition.

The findings were striking:

• Wheat Ridge / Altumint: The city collected only $75,811 — about 15% — of $499,586 in total citation revenue in 2025. Altumint’s $15-per-registration-lookup fee effectively tied its compensation to citation volume.
• Mountain View / Dacra: Dacra captured 57% of all citation revenue in fiscal year 2025, the program’s first year — $157,607 of $274,645 collected.
• Kersey / EES: Emergent Enforcement Solutions captured nearly two-thirds of all Kersey citation revenue — $664,656 of approximately $999,906 — after the town’s planned $500,000+ refund.

The investigation attracted legislative attention, with state lawmakers exploring whether Colorado’s guardrails against pay-per-ticket arrangements are working as intended. As of early 2026, legislators were actively reviewing the law.

This context matters when you are deciding whether to contest a ticket. The private companies processing these citations are, in many cases, capturing more revenue from the program than the cities themselves — and those companies have a structural incentive to maximize citation volume, mail citations as efficiently as possible, and minimize the cost of adjudication. That is the environment in which your citation was issued.

12. The Kersey Case Study: When Cities Break Their Own Rules

No episode in recent Colorado photo radar history better illustrates both the risks of these programs and the power of challenging a citation than what happened in the small Weld County town of Kersey.

Beginning in May 2025, Kersey began issuing citations along County Road 49 near U.S. Highway 34. While state law and Kersey’s own ordinance capped fines at $40, police chief Jonathan Lange began issuing $340 citations to drivers clocked at 25 mph or more over the limit — relying on a provision in the statute suggesting the cap does not apply above that threshold. Kersey’s own ordinance, however, explicitly capped all speed camera fines at $40 without exception for speed.

As 9NEWS first reported in November 2025, 931 drivers had paid $340 tickets — totaling $316,540 — before the problem was publicly exposed. One driver had received six $340 tickets totaling more than $2,000.

The legal analysis from outside experts was unambiguous: the town’s own ordinance controlled, and the $340 fine exceeded what Kersey was lawfully permitted to charge. In response:

• Kersey paused the $340 citations in November 2025 following the 9NEWS reporting.
• A hearing officer reduced the first contested $340 ticket to $40 at a December 2025 hearing.
• In January 2026, the Kersey Board of Trustees voted unanimously to refund more than $500,000 in improperly issued $340 tickets.

The lesson for every Colorado driver: receiving a citation in the mail is not proof that the program complied with the law. Fine limits can be exceeded. Ordinances can be violated. Corridor designations can be missing. In Kersey, persistence and a hearing produced mass refunds. The same principles apply to any Colorado photo radar citation.

13. Where This Is Headed: Interstate Cameras and Further Expansion

The Colorado photo radar landscape is not stabilizing — it is accelerating. Several significant developments are shaping where enforcement will be in the next few years.

Interstate Highway Cameras. Current Colorado law prohibits municipalities from placing cameras on interstate highways. Wheat Ridge tried to install a camera on I-70 in summer 2025 and was denied. In early 2026, House Bill 26-1071 was introduced by Rep. Tisha Mauro to allow municipalities to place speed cameras on interstate segments running through their jurisdictions. If passed, this would be a major expansion — particularly for I-70 corridor cities.

CDOT Expansion. CDOT’s state highway program has reported an approximately 80% decline in speeding through its CO 119 work zone since cameras were deployed. Based on that success, CDOT has announced plans to deploy cameras at additional work zones and high-risk corridors in 2026, with I-70 through Glenwood Canyon and Floyd Hill discussed as future candidates.

Mountain Towns. Eagle County communities including Avon, Vail, and Glenwood Springs have all implemented local programs targeting I-70 corridor speeding. As I-70 remains one of Colorado’s most dangerous roads, further expansion in mountain communities is likely.

Legislation in Response to Kersey. State legislators are also actively considering changes to SB23-200 to clarify the warning period requirements, the 25-mph-over carve-out, and the vendor revenue structure — all areas where the law’s implementation has generated controversy.

The bottom line: if you drive in Colorado, there is a growing probability that a camera somewhere on your route is recording speeds. Understanding your rights under C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5 is increasingly relevant to every driver in the state.

14. Photo Radar Evidence in Serious Injury Crash Cases

We want to step back from the procedural mechanics and note something important from the perspective of the work we actually do.

At Mandelaris Law LLC, we represent people who were seriously injured in Colorado car crashes — victims of drivers who ran red lights, exceeded speed limits, or failed to exercise reasonable care. Speeding is a factor in a significant percentage of fatal and serious-injury crashes in Colorado. According to CDOT data, speeding was the leading cause of fatal crashes in Colorado in 2024, surpassing both impairment and distraction.

Speed camera data — the same systems that generate civil citations — can also serve as powerful evidence in a personal injury case. If another driver was captured on an AVIS camera exceeding the speed limit in the moments before a crash, that photographic and radar data may be obtainable through discovery and can be central to proving the other driver’s liability. The timestamp, speed measurement, location, and camera ID recorded by these systems are objective evidence that does not rely on witness recollection or a police officer’s opinion.

If you or a family member were seriously injured in a Colorado crash — whether near a camera location or not — and you believe excessive speed was a factor, the legal rights of an injury victim are substantially different from and more significant than those of a driver disputing a $40 civil fine. Colorado law may entitle you to compensation for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, and long-term disability.

That is the work we do, and we would be glad to speak with you about it.

15. Key Takeaways: What Every Colorado Driver Should Know