Indiana Camera Ticket Laws: Work-Zone Speed Camera Pilot

Indiana's only camera-enforcement program is a narrow, INDOT-run pilot that photographs speeders in active highway work zones. There is no red light camera authorization anywhere in Indiana law, and the speed-camera pilot itself is capped at just four systems statewide. If you got a notice from an Indiana work zone, that is almost certainly what generated it.

Are Red Light Cameras Legal in Indiana?

No. There is no Indiana statute authorizing red light camera ticketing anywhere in the state. This is an absence of authorization, not a ban; Indiana has never passed a law either allowing or prohibiting red light cameras specifically. If you see Indiana listed as «prohibited» for red light cameras in a national tracker, that typically reflects this same absence of any enabling law, not a dedicated ban statute.

The Work-Zone Speed Camera Pilot

Indiana's only camera-enforcement program targets speeding in active highway work zones. It was created by 2023 HEA 1015, codified at IC 8-23-32, and effective July 1, 2023. The Indiana Department of Transportation runs it under the name «Safe Zones,» and INDOT's own program description explains the mechanics: «Camera technology will document vehicles traveling 11 mph or more over the posted speed limit using images of rear license plates,» and critically, «workers must be present for violations to be valid.» That worker-presence requirement means the cameras are not simply always-on; they are tied to actual construction activity.

The program is deliberately small in scale. IC 8-23-32-11 caps it at a maximum of four worksite speed control systems operating statewide at any given time, and requires both that active highway construction actually be occurring and that workers be present in the zone before a system can be used at all. IC 8-23-32-13 further restricts who may operate a system to an employee of the Department of Transportation or a police officer employed by the Indiana State Police. INDOT continued to describe it as a pilot program as of 2026, rather than a permanent, fully rolled-out system, but that is INDOT's own program framing; the statute itself sets no expiration date (see below).

Fines and Points

IC 8-23-32-18 sets out the tiered penalty structure directly: the first violation captured at a given location results in a written warning with no fine, the second violation results in a $75 civil penalty, and any subsequent violation results in a $150 penalty, with the money deposited into the state general fund. The section does not apply to a person who is separately charged for the same conduct under Indiana's ordinary speeding statute, IC 9-21-5-11. Neither the statute nor INDOT's own program materials (safezonesin.com, the official program FAQ) state a specific number of days to pay; check the payment deadline printed on your own notice rather than assuming a fixed window.

INDOT's own program FAQ states directly: «The violation is considered a civil penalty, therefore no points will be assessed.» Whether the violation affects insurance rates is not addressed anywhere in the statute or the program materials reviewed for this article, and no assumption is made here either way.

No Statutory Sunset Date

IC 8-23-32 has been read in full for this article, all 21 sections, including the administrative-procedure, reporting, and rulemaking sections near the end of the chapter. No sunset or expiration clause appears anywhere in the chapter as currently written. INDOT continuing to call this a «pilot» is the agency's own program framing, not a statutory time limit; nothing in the law itself requires the program to end or be re-authorized by a specific date. If that changes in a future legislative session, this page will be updated.

Owner Liability

IC 8-23-32-17 creates a rebuttable presumption that the vehicle's registered owner is liable for a captured violation. That presumption has one explicit carve-out: it does not apply to a motor vehicle rental company. The statute lists four specific defenses an owner can raise to rebut the presumption: (1) the recipient was not the vehicle's owner or was not driving it at the time, (2) the vehicle was reported stolen before the violation, (3) the speed control system was not properly tested or calibrated, or (4) workers were not actually present in the work zone when the violation was recorded. A driver cited in person at the scene, rather than by mailed notice, is handled outside this owner-liability process entirely.

Information last verified on 2026-08-12. This article has not yet been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.

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• Traffic Camera Ticket Laws by State
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• How to Fight a Camera Ticket
• Automated License Plate Reader Laws

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Last updated: 2026-08-12.