Several developing stories are capturing the real picture about the use of traffic cameras by state and local governments.
New Orleans will start enforcing traffic camera violations on their current biggest scofflaws, city employees driving municipally owned vehicles. But this policy won't take effect until wiping the slate clean first.
Maryland legislators want to give blanket exemptions to traffic camera tickets for all emergency and law enforcement vehicles, whether or not they are responding to an emergency. Maryland lawmakers have also effectively admitted that traffic cameras are intended for revenue generation not public safety.
If that is not enough, Maryland legislators are poised to allow private companies, not law enforcement officials, to officially certify traffic camera violations.
It seems like the lines between public and private are becoming blurred and the bias also now profit as opposed to public safety.
READ MORE at the DCBarroco website
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