FC: Maryland rejects radar-cameras for speeding tickets

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Anonymous User <anonymous () remailer havenco com>
To: declan () well com
Subject: Maryland rejects radar cameras
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 07:38:24 +0000 (UTC)

From The Washington Times, available online at:
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020320-84148350.htm

Maryland rejects radar cameras
By Brian DeBose
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 20, 2002

A Maryland Senate committee yesterday rejected a bill that would have
allowed jurisdictions to use radar-enhanced cameras to photograph and
ticket speeders, killing the issue in the General Assembly for this
year.

The bill - sponsored by state Sen. Jennie M. Forehand, Montgomery
County Democrat - was rejected in a 5-4 vote of the Judicial
Proceedings Committee. A similar bill was killed this month in a House
committee.

State Sen. Walter M. Baker, Cecil County Democrat and committee
chairman, had denounced the bill as a revenue-generating scheme by
jurisdictions, calling it "nothing more than another tax."

"That's what this bill is all about - raising money," Mr. Baker said.
"Bills should be penal. They should not be tax-raising measures."

The bill would have expanded police departments' use of
traffic-enforcement cameras, which are operated by private vendors to
automatically photograph and fine cars as they speed along streets or
run red lights. Such camera programs have generated millions in revenue
for jurisdictions around the country.

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