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September 16, 2011

NMA Arizona Alert: Help Rid Mesa of Traffic Cameras

After long and great effort, the people of Arizona seem to have automated traffic enforcement on the run.

One remaining battleground is Mesa. With cities across the state and country turning off their traffic cameras, Mesa soon has to decide if it will join the crowd.

The Mesa City Council is expected to make a decision on renewing its camera contract in the next week or so. (See the ABC 15.com story.)

The National Motorists Association categorically opposes speed cameras and red-light cameras. Speed cameras ignore due process in order to enforce generally underposted speed limits. Red-light cameras also ignore due process -- and don't improve safety.  (See more arguments against cameras here and here.)

We urge Mesa residents to contact Mayor Scott Smith and your council members -- and attend any public meetings around the issue of automated traffic enforcement -- in order to express your opposition. If you have family or friends in Mesa, share this message with them.

Let's win the next battle...!
Posted by National Motorists Association 
March 11, 2011

NMA Arizona Alert: Bill Would Put Photo Ticketing to Statewide Vote

The battle to oust photo ticket enforcement from the great state of Arizona continues, and there is light at the end of the tunnel for those who feel Arizona citizens should have the right to vote on the cameras.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 1029 (SCR 1029), which  would allow Arizonans to ban the cameras, is now in the Arizona State House, and if approved there, would go straight to Governor Brewer, according to a recent Camera Fraud article.

A similar bill failed to advance recently due to a tie vote, so it is important for people to contact their House representatives by phone or email to tell them to pass this bill.

Posted by National Motorists Association 
November 2, 2010

Substantial Correction re Prop 112

We recently sent you an alert discussing Arizona Proposition 112, which affects the citizen initiative process.

In that alert, we stated that the proposition would increase the number of signatures necessary for an initative to go to vote. (A secondary source had claimed that there was such a provision, and we mistakenly re-stated the claim as fact without checking more sources.)

There is no such provision in Prop 112. Thanks to an Arizona member who informed us of this error.

The proposition does require that initatives be submitted two months earlier than at present, and it seems clear that this would make it harder for initiative proponents, especially non-professional, grass-roots activists such as the opponents of red-light cameras.

Therefore we remain opposed to Prop 112.

 

Posted by National Motorists Association 


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