Senate narrows automated moving-violation programs, closes roadside handheld loophole

Feb 12, 2025

Lawmakers approved a bill closing a recent loophole that permitted automated moving-violation notices generated by handheld or manually operated camera devices; the Senate rejected an amendment that would have allowed school-zone camera enforcement under specified photo-evidence rules.

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The Mississippi Senate passed a measure clarifying that "automated recording equipment or system" used to issue moving-violation notices includes equipment operated manually by a law-enforcement officer, closing a loophole newly used by some municipalities.

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