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DEL.ICIO.USRed-light cameras: There’s another fight in the wings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You know that H.B. 77, a bill to prohibit red-light cameras, was substantially changed in a House committee this week.
In a compromise largely supervised by Speaker Glenn Richardson, the bill now would permit the cameras, but cap the amount of revenue a city or county could earn from them.
But if you think that’s the end of the effort to shut down red-light cameras in Georgia, you’d be wrong.
The sponsors of the anti-camera campaign have another card up their sleeves, H.B. 590, which would reduce the maximum fine for a red-light violation from $70 to $35.
The second bill has its first committee hearing next week. We’re told that, should it pass, the slashed fines would make new red-light cameras uneconomical for local governments — and would likely to put a halt to new installations.
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