In the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee, Advocates supports Senate File (SF) 3656/House File (HF) 3431. This bill would make permanent the traffic safety camera system pilot program for automated enforcement (AE). The legislation also would give all localities the ability to use AE to curb speeding and red light running. AE is a proven technology and a vital tool to ensure roadway safety.
The City of Minneapolis is reporting promising early results from speed safety cameras with speeding 10mph over the speed limit down by 51 percent and a 58 percent reduction in speeding 20 mph over the speed limit where cameras are in use. However, under the current pilot program, only Minneapolis and Mendota Heights can utilize AE. This legislation remedies that by permitting all localities to use AE
should they choose to do so.
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