"You must stop at a loading or unloading bus. You have 10 seconds to comply... You must stop at a loading or unloading bus. You have 9 seconds to comply...
-PJ
Posted on 12/19/2016 10:06:01 AM PST by MichCapCon
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would allow the Detroit public school system to hire a company to install and operate an automated traffic citation system — known as “photo cop.”
The legislation, Senate Bill 852, sponsored by Sen. Bert Johnson, D-Detroit, was passed following an unusual procedure in which it was discharged from the Senate Transportation Committee directly to the full Senate without a vote by the committee.
Senate Bill 852 would permit Detroit school buses to have cameras installed to capture images of motorists who illegally pass a stopped school bus. Fines for violations would range from $300 to $1,000 depending on the number of offenses. The bill also allows the district to add a $100 late fee if the original ticket is not paid by the due date. The money would go to the Detroit public school district.
Under a constitutional “five day” rule, Tuesday is the earliest the House could take up the bill in the current lame duck-session.
Senate Bill 852 was passed by a 34-3 vote, with the only ‘no’ votes coming from Republicans Patrick Colbeck, Tori Rocca and Jim Stamas. It has been referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by Rep. Ben Glardon, R-Owosso.
State law currently prohibits automated ticket writing. MCL 257.742(1) requires traffic tickets to be issued by a police officer who actually witnesses the violation.
6th ammendment
The second part of the scheme is for every dollar generated by this method, a dollar is removed from what would normally go to the school from the general fun.
Net result - hidden tax for the government, no additional money for the schools.
"You must stop at a loading or unloading bus. You have 10 seconds to comply... You must stop at a loading or unloading bus. You have 9 seconds to comply...
-PJ
And of course the system is fool-proof against false positives.
For that kind of cost?
Lawyer up!
HAHAHAHA. And 1 day after the first camera is installed the NAACP will be out screaming it disproportionally hurts blacks who are unable to afford the fines.
Hell no because it will never stop and the invasiveness of liberal encroachment knows no bounds especially when you are paying for it while they’re exempt.
Because no matter how much they get its never enough. Watch the teenagers with free reign of their parent's credit cards at the malls here the next few days and you'll get a good taste of what a wasteful spendthrift the leftist government is like. Give em an inch and they'll take a yard.
If they don't produce enough revenue they penalize the client and make them pay a certain amount according to how the account was initially set up. Several municipalities have been sued for these amounts and it's not cheap to litigate.
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