A proposed Utah bill would create a one-year pilot program for 'photocop' or photo radar traffic enforcement in a few locations in school and construction zones.
SALT LAKE CITY — A new proposal would create a one-year pilot for automatic photo radar traffic enforcement at a handful of school and construction zones in Utah.
While photo radar systems have the ability to cite drivers for speeding, Stevenson said the purpose is to prevent speeding in the first place, by letting drivers know there's a photo radar system ahead of time. He likened it to posting a patrol car at an intersection, but without having to pay an officer to sit there at all hours of the day.
"My mother got caught in a photocop and she was livid," Riebe said. "And then she got the ticket in the mail and you saw her face and we all laughed hysterical around the dinner table because she did the crime and did the time. ... I think that we should look at this and we should understand how we can help the people in our communities work in a safer environment."
Not everyone was sold on the idea, including Sen. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, who worried that the facial recognition software included in photo radar could disproportionallyBraceras said that while the cameras do use facial recognition technology, it's only used to direct the camera to take a picture of the driver, and not used for identification purposes. The system identifies the person who has the car registered by identifying the license plate number.
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