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Bay Area drivers may soon get automatic tickets for going 11 mph over speed limit
SF Gate ^ | 7/17/2023 | By Madilynne Medina

Posted on 07/18/2023 7:55:36 AM PDT by NohSpinZone

Drivers may soon get speeding tickets without ever talking to an officer, if a bill gets approved authorizing speed limit cameras.

The program would give speeding drivers a ticket by using speed cameras and an automatic billing system, according to Assembly Bill 645. "The speed safety system shall capture images of the rear license plate of vehicles that are traveling 11 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit and notices of violation shall only be issued to vehicles based on that evidence," the bill states. Fines would start at $50 for going 11 mph over the posted speed limit and increase from there.

The new pilot speed camera program would be implemented as soon as January 2024 in several major cities, including San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Los Angeles, Long Beach and the city and county of San Francisco. The bill was introduced by Assemblymember Laura Friedman of Glendale, according to the bill text.

The pilot program would be in place for five years, until January 2032, and will be reassessed for the entire state if it’s successful, Kerri West, a spokesperson for Friedman’s office, told the Sacramento Bee.

The bill would require cities and counties participating in the program to send drivers warnings, rather than tickets, for the first 60 days of the program, according to the bill text. It would also require these cities to make records confidential, and specify that the speeding violation is subject to civil penalties, among other requirements.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bayarea; california; drivers; policestate; speed; ticket
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I'm torn. This looks like another Orwellian move by the autocrats here in California but we do have too many knuckleheads zooming around here and causing havoc.
1 posted on 07/18/2023 7:55:36 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Will the last normal person leaving the San Fran Bay area please turn off the lights, er, if they’re not having a state government-imposed power outage?


2 posted on 07/18/2023 7:57:33 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: NohSpinZone

They’ll ticket everyone ,LOL


3 posted on 07/18/2023 7:58:05 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: NohSpinZone

They deserve it. Most Bay Area “residents” are busy pooping on the sidewalk, taking drugs, drinking and molesting anything that moves. The only car they have is the one they stole.


4 posted on 07/18/2023 7:59:58 AM PDT by albie
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They’ll ticket everyone ,LOL

Especially when they reduce the speed limit by 5MPH.


5 posted on 07/18/2023 8:00:34 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Cracker...)
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To: NohSpinZone

The a-holes who drive 100+, endangering lives, weaving through traffic, aren’t going to pay a fine.


6 posted on 07/18/2023 8:01:19 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: NohSpinZone

They will abandon the cameras after they figure out that cameras are racist.

As one poster noted the other day these cameras have a bad habit of making everyone look brown or black.

;-)


7 posted on 07/18/2023 8:01:45 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: NohSpinZone

They did it in our town...Worked out fine until they discovered that certain demographics and “city workers who were exempt” were the chief lawbreakers. AND...someone got wise to the shortening of the time on the yellow light.


8 posted on 07/18/2023 8:02:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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Frank Bullitt might rack quite a few tickets this way.


9 posted on 07/18/2023 8:02:24 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: NohSpinZone

This is already in place in DC. Anything over 10mph over the posted limit and the registered owner receives a fine in the mail. It’s in NYC as well.


10 posted on 07/18/2023 8:02:39 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: NohSpinZone

If we use the same logic on cars as libs use on guns, cars should go a maximum of 70mph. Guns are a right, cars a privilege.


11 posted on 07/18/2023 8:03:34 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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And this is why you need to have a mapping app going while you are driving even if you know where you are headed. Most mapping apps have the locations of speed/red light cameras in the app so you can see them before they get you.


12 posted on 07/18/2023 8:03:57 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: Alas Babylon!

It is not just SF, but Los Angeles and Long Beach as well.


13 posted on 07/18/2023 8:04:52 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Larry Lucido

Sean Connery in The Rock as well.

Maybe even Karl Malden…


14 posted on 07/18/2023 8:06:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: NohSpinZone

Arent there due process and other legal issues with this? I have been under the impression that speed camera tickets were not enforceable and rely on the person sent the ticket to be gullible enough to pay up rather than just ignore it.


15 posted on 07/18/2023 8:09:40 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: NohSpinZone

They do this in Dubai


16 posted on 07/18/2023 8:10:14 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: NohSpinZone

IIRC, some city(ies) or state(s) tried this regarding red traffic lights and the courts shot it down.


17 posted on 07/18/2023 8:11:26 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Magnum44

Ca can’t stop people from shooting up and pooping in the streets. never mind all the other stuff..

How are they going to handle people painting over lenses, throwing rocks or shooting out the cameras?


18 posted on 07/18/2023 8:12:14 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: Larry Lucido

It’s Bill Hickman making the left turn in that clip.


19 posted on 07/18/2023 8:13:23 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: NohSpinZone

6th amendment


20 posted on 07/18/2023 8:14:19 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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