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House Bill 547, pending in the House Transportation and Safety Committee, would prohibit a municipal corporation or township that does not operate either a fire department or an emergency medical services organization from using speed cameras. It is one of a series of related bills designed to make operating speed cameras in the state as difficult as possible.

The NMA is opposed to automated traffic enforcement, including speed cameras, for a number of reasons including:

• Photo radar can generate false readings
• This type of automated enforcement emphasizes ticket volume
• There is no certifiable witness to the alleged violation
• The driver of the vehicle is not positively identified by the camera which means, by default, the owner of the vehicle receives the ticket whether or not he/she was the driver at the time of the alleged violation
• Speed cameras have not been shown to improve traffic safety