By Leftlane Staff
Friday, May 26th, 2006 @ 12:36 pm

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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