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Senate Passes Speed Camera Bill
Opponents Call Measure 'Big Brother Cash Cow'
POSTED: 4:17 p.m. EST March 26, 2003
UPDATED: 6:15 p.m. EST March 26, 2003
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Instead of having a police officer use a radar gun to check your speed, cameras that take a picture of your car could soon be used to enforce the speed limit. The Senate passed a controversial bill Wednesday that would allow police to use speed enforcement cameras.
Supporters argue that the bill addresses a safety issue, but opponents call it a big brother type of cash cow.
Speeders beware, drivers traveling 10 mph over the posted speed limit could face fines of up to $100 under the bill. The speed cameras would be placed in school and residential zones, according to the bill.
Supporters say speed cameras will make the streets safer. Montgomery County
Sen. Brian Frosh, D-District 16, said the bill "will protect pedestrians
[and] protect kids on their way to school. Nobody, except speeders, has
anything to fear from the bill."
But speed camera opponents attacked the measure.
Senate Passes Speed Camera Bill
"According to the Metropolitan Police Department's Web site, more
than $12 million in fines have been collected from roughly from 231,000
citations," Frederick and Washington County Sen. Alex Mooney, R-District
3, said.
Opponents also cited concerns that speed cameras are a step closer to fostering a police state.
"Boy, we really have the technology now, so we can store this information and I think we can put traffic cameras on the road and we can keep track all day long of where you are and where you've been," Howard County Sen. Robert Kittleman R-District 9, said.
Supporters point out speed cameras free up police officers overextended by tight budgets. A similar bill is stuck in a House committee, and Gov. Bob Ehrlich is leaning toward a veto if the bill crosses his desk.
"I've never been crazy about that concept," Ehrlich said.
In addition to Washington, D.C., speed cameras are in use in Oregon, Utah and Colorado.
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