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Committee backs work-zone camera program that routes images to officers for on-scene traffic stops
Summary
House Bill 664, revised in committee to require an officer on-site before work-zone speed cameras operate and to issue district-court citations rather than civil notices, was reported favorably after proponents said it protects workers and funnels fines to the highway safety fund.
The Kentucky House Transportation Committee on March 1 reported House Bill 664 with a committee substitute that changes prior automated work-zone enforcement proposals by requiring a law-enforcement officer be present when cameras operate and by routing enforcement through standard traffic citations.
Chairman John Blanton and Vice Chair Iams led discussion of the committee substitute, which sponsors described as differing from earlier proposals in two major ways:…
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