Overview
- Malibu’s newly installed speed cameras on Pacific Coast Highway recorded over 100,000 speeding violations during a nine-day mandatory testing period but have not issued any citations.
- The high violation count has intensified calls for action after a recent crash in which authorities say a 16-year-old driver who appeared to be speeding struck a parked car and killed a Nobu Malibu chef.
- Some residents and visitors told reporters they support the cameras as a deterrent, while other locals, including Tracy Park, say increased California Highway Patrol presence is also needed to change driver behavior.
- Cyclists in the area say drivers often pass too closely at high speed, creating intimidating and unsafe conditions on the narrow highway.
- The Malibu cameras are part of a broader California pilot that uses multiweek warning phases and privacy limits in other cities, and officials will decide when to end testing and begin issuing tickets.