No wonder he wanted to do away with speed cameras.

Bronx Councilman Mark Gjonaj — who once introduced failed legislation to replace ticket-issuing city speed cameras with toothless warning signs — had nine such citations issued to his car last year for zooming through school zones in The Bronx, records show.

The tickets went to the Bronx Democrat’s black Audi between Jan. 3, 2019, and Nov. 1, 2019 — the first coming not long after Gjonaj introduced legislation in 2018 to eliminate speed cameras altogether and instead install less-intrusive, digital radar signs outside roughly 1,200 school buildings.

The proposal ultimately stalled in committee after Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo cut a deal to expand the city’s speed camera program — which required authorization from Albany.

“Standing in the way of proven life-saving measures was bad enough, but now Mark Gjonaj is endangering New Yorkers by driving recklessly in his district,” fumed Amy Cohen, co-founder of Families for Safe Streets.

“As I know all too well, speeding kills,” added Cohen, whose 12-year-old son, Samuel Cohen Eckstein, was fatally struck by a van in 2013 in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Gjonaj would be in danger of losing his suped-up sedan under a 2018 bill drafted by Councilman Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) that is backed by a majority of the Council but has yet to reach the floor for a vote.

Under the proposal, any vehicle nailed for five or more traffic-camera violations in a single year could be yanked off the road until the owner takes a safe-driver course.

It’s a threshold Gjonaj zoomed right past last year.

Both Cohen and Eric McClure, executive director of the safe-roads group StreetsPAC, have called on the pol to voluntarily take a safe-driver course as a sign of good faith.

“It’s deeply concerning that Council Member Gjonaj would rack up so many speeding tickets in such a short period of time,” said McClure. “Speeding is among the leading causes of death or injury in traffic crashes, and the fact that the council member was speeding around schools, during school hours, is especially troubling.”

Speed cameras photograph license plates of rule-breaking cars and automatically send $50 summonses to the vehicle’s owners, despite who was driving at the time. Gjonaj does not deny being behind the wheel during his nine violations.

“The Councilman accepts complete responsibility and regrets these past violations,” Gjonaj’s spokesman Reginald Johnson said. “He firmly believes that no one is above the law and has already taken steps to resolve the infractions.”

But records show Gjonaj still owed $150 as of Sunday on camera tickets issued Oct. 24 and Nov. 1 of last year — including $50 in late penalties. The councilman contested both summonses but an administrative law judge ruled against him each time, records show.

Gjonaj isn’t the only speed demon who is an elected city official.

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams’ vehicle has racked up at least 28 speed camera violations since 2013 — the latest one last July, records show. Williams has said he was driving during most, but not all, of the infractions.

Besides touting a poor driving record, Gjonaj, a former state Assemblyman, has had his share of ethical bumps in the road while in office. That includes being accused of illegally steering renovation work on his Morris Park district office to one of his top campaign donors.

The Council’s Committee on Standards and Ethics referred the case last February to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board, which is still reviewing it.