Speeding in Colorado? This New $75 Fine System Tracks You for Miles

While you must not speed on public roads, even if you do, Colorado’s new automated vehicle ID system (AVIS) will track your average speed and send you a ticket if it exceeds 10 mph. This renders a speed-camera-tracking app on your smartphone useless, as the new system works in a very different way.

According to a report by Motor1, AVIS is being used only on certain roads and highways in Colorado, but since it uses your average speed and not the speed recorded at one particular spot, it could be more accurate, meaning motorists with a heavy foot will have to be wary of this system.

How Does AVIS Work?

AVIS uses not one but multiple cameras to calculate a car’s average speed at different intervals. That means on a long stretch of road, your speed will be measured at multiple spots to ensure you remain within the speed limit all the time.

A ticket will be issued to anyone exceeding the average speed by 10 mph or more. This means the days when motorists only slowed down to evade speed camera traps on fixed spots are gone. Now, they will be tracked more frequently.

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After a change in regulations, Colorado officially allowed the use of AVIS in 2023. At first, the system was built to issue warnings to motorists exceeding the average speed limit, but since the end of 2025, the police have begun issuing tickets.

The most recent area to have been targeted by the Colorado Department of Transportation with AVIS is a stretch of I-25 north of Denver, which began issuing tickets as recently as April 2.

The report adds that cameras were installed along a construction zone. The fine for a violation is set to $75. There are no demerit points, and the owner of the vehicle is penalized, even if it is being driven by somebody else.

While technology like AVIS will definitely help in reducing speeding violations, does such policing feel like it compromises freedom and privacy in any way? Let us know in the comments.