March 20, 2019      4:18 PM

Support seems to drop for banning red light cameras as Sen. Hall rolls out compromise language

Per the fiscal note, if the bill was effective immediately, the state’s trauma center fund, which the cameras benefit, would lose $28 million. If implemented in September, the fund would lose $21 million

Edgewood Republican Senator Bob Hall’s ban on real light cameras hit a bump in the road in Senate Transportation Committee today after he rolled out substitute language allowing cities to honor current contracts.

That change drew opposition from some of those who had been the bill’s most ardent supporters.

Red light cameras, Hall said, deny due process and are not proven to improve public safety. One of his issues is what he says is an unconstitutional appeals process automatically painting the driver as guilty.

By James Russell

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