FLORIDA: Groups Support Bills To Repeal Red Light Camera Law

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Groups Support Bills To Repeal Red Light Camera Law

The Florida Civil Rights Association, the National

Motorists Association, the Libertarian Party of

Florida, Campaign for Liberty, banthecams.org

and other groups are advocating legislation

(HB4087/SB672) to stop the use red light

cameras. Many studies show how unsafe

intersections become after installation of red light

cameras, with a dramatic increase in the number

of crashes and serious injury. These studies also

show cities have been found guilty of shortening

the yellow light to increase violations in order to

generate revenue. Outside the safety issues

raised by installation of these cameras is the

constitutionality of the systems. Our Constitution

says citizens have a right to face their accuser, yet

their accuser in this case is a machine. In 2010, a

Circuit Court judge in Miami-Dade and Orange

County ruled red light cameras were illegal.

HB4087 sponsored by Representative Richard

Corcoran is waiting in the House Economic Affairs

Committee to be placed the agenda to be heard.

SB672 sponsored by Senator Renee Garcia is

waiting in the Transportation Committee to be

placed on the agenda to be heard.

Motorists Have Rights! No to Red Light Cameras!

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