A new bill introduced this week in Ohio could put an end to Columbus’ red light camera program, reports NBC4. The bill requires that such cameras show the face of the driver, and it is up to the police agency to prove that the driver caught on camera is actually the owner of the car. “If the driver can show up at the hearing as laid out in the legislation and say, ‘I wasn’t driving the car,’ well, it’s on to us to identify the driver. So, if we can’t identify the driver, the ticket’s dismissed,” said Columbus Police Legislative Liaison Michael Weinman. “Sunglasses, ball caps, flip down your visor — It’s kind of easy to try and get around those things.” While secondary cameras could be installed to ID drivers, the bill says red light camera programs must be paid with city funds, not from fines. “Do we want to, one, identify the driver, which we told folks we wouldn’t be doing that, and two, use taxpayer funds, which we also told folks we wouldn’t do?” Weinman said.
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05/26, 2:44 PM
posted by:
aj
I love it! Their plan to get us with Big Brother has a loophole, and we win. I’m not for red-light running, but am certainly against the robots doing a cops job.
05/26, 3:37 PM
posted by:
Philip
I live in Columbus and I don’t see many people getting fined any way. How much money does the system even make? I thought they were used for speeding as well, guess not…
05/26, 11:00 PM
posted by:
VDub
I live in SoCal and i f*king hate those things. when they were first installed everyone who ran a YELLOW light was snapped and given tickets.
05/27, 12:18 AM
posted by:
Angelo
God Bless! Ohio’s legislature may have increased taxes and screwed up the state; however, this is awesome.