A bill authorizes the use of speed cameras subjects police cars to speeding tickets, even if they are responding to an emergency.
A provision in a controversial bill authorizing the use of automated speed cameras subjects police cars to speeding tickets, even if they are responding to an emergency.is heading to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk for approval after the House passed the democratically sponsored bill in a 55-38 party-line vote early Wednesday. to find a similar equivalent,” he said before the bill was passed out of the Senate along party lines.
“Sen. Liias has assured me that since the police are the ones reviewing the cameras, they will be able to determine if they will give themselves a ticket or not,”The provision is limited to counties with populations over 1.5 million people. The only county that fits that description in the state is King County.“Anyone who has driven in downtown Seattle knows what a mess it is with its design of transit lanes, single lanes and bike lanes,” Barkis said.
Persons who receive a violation and are recipients of public assistance program benefits must be granted, upon request, a reduced penalty amount of 50%. “We put in new requirements regarding equity, where are the cameras being located and where the proceeds being invested so that traffic safety improves in the neighborhoods where the cameras are being used,” Liias said.Currently, a sworn police officer must issue an automated safety camera violation after reviewing the video.
“They don’t have enough law enforcement officers to fulfill patrols and sit at a computer and review these infractions,” Liias said.
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