Plakon Seeks to Put Brakes on Red Light Cameras

Florida Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, wants to repeal a 2010 state law that allows tickets to be issued by those caught on camera running red lights.

On Tuesday, Plakon filed a bill that would remove the provisions that allow the Florida Department of Highway, Safety and Motor Vehicles, along with counties and municipalities, to use traffic infraction detectors to enforce when drivers fail to stop at traffic signals.

A similar effort sponsored by Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-New Port Richey, failed to move through the Senate last year.

Plakon’s effort, HB 4177, has yet to receive a Senate backer, something that may keep the emotional issue from moving forward in House committees.

In the 2011 session, law enforcement cautioned legislators that removing the cameras would make the intersections more dangerous. Meanwhile, with fines starting at $158, revenue estimates at the time indicated the cameras would generate $86 million for the state in the current year, with municipalities picking up another $71 million.

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Pauline P Troy
1:38PM JAN 2ND 2012
I hope Scott Plankon never gets hit by a red light runner, maybe if he did he would change his mind. He will Never ever get my vote again.
Paul Henry
2:21AM DEC 29TH 2011
Hopefully Rep. Brad Drake will hear this bill in his Transportation & Highway Safety subcommittee. If not, it will join other good bills such as HB 343 (Motorist Rights, which also deals with cameras) and HB 109 (REAL ID) that for some reason he is blocking from a committee vote.
Stephen Donaldson
11:01AM DEC 28TH 2011
RLC Are SCAM!

GO PULL THE "violations" the vendors are citing.

1. Right turns on red,
2. stopping on or just over the stop line,
3. split second mistakes.

Most RLV crashes will NEVER be stopped by a RLC since they are plus 5 second into red events with themes like DUI, fleeing police, not paying attention, medical/mechanical, weather related.

Most of the wrecks some of these vendors use to "justify" their RLC WERE NOT EVEN RLR RELATED. www dot ocala.com/article/20111204/OPINION/111209930/1005/sports01?Title=Red-light-cameras-are-about-revenue (NOT ONE ACCIDENT USED WAS RLR RELATED!)

FIGHT THE SCAM!

Ban the CAMS!

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