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January 26, 2012

NMA Pennsylvania Alert: Speed Cameras Proposed for Work Zones

Pennsylvania continues to target motorists for revenue generation. As part of a plan to fill a 10-year, $7.2 billion transportation funding gap, lawmakers have proposed the installation of speed cameras in work zones.
 
Senate Bill 1326 and House Bill 2101 would authorize the cameras and are currently under review in their respective transportation committees.
 
The NMA opposes photo enforcement of any kind. Speed cameras have proven to be unreliable and are an ineffective way to enforce speed limits. They put revenue generation ahead of public safety, to the detriment of motorists’ rights. (Learn more about the NMA’s objections to speed cameras.)
 
We urge you to contact committee members as well as your local Senate and House members to let them know what you think. Traffic enforcement throughout Pennsylvania is already oppressive without the addition of work-zone speed cameras, which will have no positive impact on safety.
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January 25, 2012

NMA Colorado Alert: Support Statewide Ban on Photo Enforcement

As Colorado becomes another battleground state for red-light cameras and speed cameras, lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban photo enforcement throughout the state.

Senate Bill 12-50, introduced by Sen. Scott Renfroe, “repeals the authorization for municipalities to use automated vehicle identification systems to identify violators of traffic regulations and issue citations based on photographic evidence, and creates a prohibition on such activity.”

Colorado would join fifteen other states that have banned the use of automated enforcement if the current bill is passed and signed into law.

Photo enforcement programs throughout Colorado have recently come under increasing scrutiny. Denver’s program came under fire after revelations that cameras had been recalibrated to ticket motorists who stopped beyond the white line. Nonetheless, the Denver City Council recently renewed its contract with ACS. And Colorado Springs pulled the plug on its cameras last October after concluding they were not improving safety.

Colorado Springs made the right decision. Photo enforcement programs put revenue generation before public safety, to the detriment of motorists. It’s time to take the profit motive out of traffic enforcement by banning cameras in Colorado. (Learn more about the NMA’s objections to red-light cameras and speed cameras.)

SB 12-50 has been referred to the Senate Transportation Committee. We urge you to contact committee members along with your local Senate and House members to let them know you support a ban on photo enforcement cameras in Colorado.

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January 25, 2012

NMA California Alert: Ban the Cams in Alameda County

One of our California members alerted us to a grassroots effort to put a stop to red-light cameras in Alameda County.

The Red Light Camera Protest Group plans a Ban The Cams Rally on Saturday, Feb. 4th.

  • Where:  Corner of Mowry Ave. and Fremont Blvd., Fremont. (Protesters can pick up signs behind the Valero gas station.)
  • When: Noon
  •  Why: Because red-light cameras are all about revenue and not about safety.
According to the group’s flyer:
  • Cities can extend the length of yellow lights by less than one second and cut violations in half.
  • Over 50,000 tickets, $480 each, are issued annually just in Alameda County extracting $20 million from the local economy for no good reason.
  • Cities aggressively enforce low-speed right-turn violations at nearly $500 per violation not for safety reasons but for profit. There is no data supporting such aggressive enforcement.
For more information or to be alerted to upcoming demonstrations, email rlouisj@aol.com.

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