Red-light camera bill stopped in committee
A bill got stuck in a state Senate committee Thursday that would allow car owners caught on a red-light camera to mail in an affidavit saying they were not the driver. That would relieve the owner of going to court or the responsibility to identify the driver.
Current law says owners must identify the driver.
Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, proposed Senate Bill 60, expressing concerns that drivers' constitutional rights were being violated by being presumed guilty because their cars are photographed running red lights. It also would create an exception for running red lights in a funeral procession.
The bill did not move out of the Public Safety Committee for lack of a second. Loudermilk said he would not give up and has also filed Senate Bill 142 to do away with red-light cameras.
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