NMA Connecticut Alert: Stop Red-Light Camera Bill Now
The bill to bring red-light cameras to Connecticut (House Bill 5458) continues to march through the Connecticut General Assembly, having already cleared two legislative committees. It now moves to the Committee on Planning and Development for further consideration. From there, it will likely go to the House and Senate for a full vote.
It’s clear from this news coverage that the bill is a “work in progress” and that some legislators have become frustrated because they really don’t know what they’re voting on. Sounds like another case of “we’ll just have to pass the bill so we can find out what’s in it.” The citizens of Connecticut deserve better from their elected officials. Playing games with controversial bills to advance an agenda is unacceptable. And that agenda is about money, pure and simple.
Red-light cameras do nothing to improve public safety (they actually increase accidents). But they do unfairly target motorists for revenue generation. (Learn more about red-light cameras.) The National Motorists Association has testified against HB 5458 and continues to oppose it in the strongest terms.
Now is the time to act. We urge you to contact every member of the Committee on Planning and Development to tell them to oppose this bill. Their names and email links are below.
Cassano, Steve
Gentile, Linda M.
Coleman, Eric D.
Grogins, Auden
Fasano, Leonard A.
Aman, William
Candelora, Vincent J.
Davis, Christopher
Flexer, Mae M.
Fritz, Mary G.
Kokoruda, Noreen S.
Lemar, Roland J.
O'Brien, Elaine C.
Perillo, Jason
Reed, Lonnie
Reynolds, Tom
Ritter, Matthew
Rojas, Jason
Rose, Kim
Simanski, Bill
Smith, Richard A.
We also urge you to contact your local Senate andHouse members to tell them to oppose HB 5458. And please pass this alert on to friends and family and ask them to speak up as well.
