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Detroit Residents Concerned About Traffic Camera Expansion

DETROIT — Detroit officials’ plan to install 200 more traffic light-mounted cameras at city intersections is facing community resistance amid privacy and racial discrimination concerns. The 200 additional cameras would build off of an initial 121-camera pilot program and bring …

Hawaii Considers Ways to Combat Traffic-Related Deaths

HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers have proposed initiatives to help reduce the number of traffic-related fatalities after transportation officials confirmed more than 100 deaths in the last year. Those initiatives include installing traffic cameras to capture drivers running red lights and …

Virginia Lawmakers Approve Speeding Tickets Triggered by Cameras in Highway Work Zones

For the first time in Virginia, police officers could issue speeding tickets through the mail – without pulling over the speeding motorist – under legislation sitting on Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk. SB 1521, which cleared its final hurdle in the …

Ohio Bill Would Cut Funding to Cities Using Traffic Cameras

An Ohio lawmaker wants to test the theory that traffic cameras are meant to prevent crashes and not boost municipal budgets by cutting funding to cities that use them. State Rep. Bill Seitz introduced a bill that would offset revenue …

Ohio Supreme Court Considers Traffic Camera Use Again

For the third time in less than a decade, the use of traffic cameras by Ohio cities is before the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for the city of Dayton will Tuesday urge the justices to reject a law passed by …

Ohio House Panel OKs Traffic Camera Restrictions

A bill requiring a police officer’s presence for tickets to be issued from traffic cameras is headed to the full Ohio House for a vote. The legislation would regulate the statewide use of the traffic-monitoring devices. A House panel passed …

Cleveland Enlists Officials to Keep its Traffic Cameras

Officials are enlisting the help of a popular mayor, governor and longtime U.S. senator George Voinovich to help defeat a ballot issue that would outlaw the use of speed and red-light cameras in the city. Voters on Tuesday will decide …

Alabama City’s Traffic Cameras Generating Thousands of Tickets

The Alabama city of Opelika has issued more than 7,500 tickets since installing cameras at four intersections last year. Opelika Police Department Capt. Shane Healy tells the Opelika Auburn News the goal of installing the red light cameras was to …

Once Cameras Were Disabled, Speeding Increased: Study

A study has found that the number of speeding motorists increased immediately following a decision to disable traffic cameras in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The study by Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. was done at the city’s request after officials decided not …

Sioux City Officials Cut Traffic Camera Funding

Sioux City, Iowa, officials are cutting $4 million in traffic camera funding from the city’s budget, under the assumption the state won’t allow placement of two cameras along Interstate 29. The Sioux City Journal reports only about $100,000 from the …