--- From: Anonymous User <anonymousat_private> To: declanat_private 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. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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