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Advocates push school‑bus cameras, automated speed enforcement and speed‑limiter bills
Summary
Advocates told the Assembly committee that school‑bus cameras and automated speed enforcement in school zones reduce dangerous driving and recidivism, and urged swift consideration of bills including a school‑bus camera pilot, automated enforcement authority and a speed‑limiter program for repeat speeders; witnesses also criticized the state’s narrow high‑injury network.
Advocates for Vision Zero‑style policies urged the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on Feb. 19 to adopt automated countermeasures they say have proved effective in other states and localities.
Corey Hennigan of the Tri‑State Transportation Campaign described a Woodbridge Township pilot that recorded roughly 3,000 illegal passes of stopped school buses and said similar camera programs exist in at least 26 states. "We do not have enough police officers to follow every school bus and enforce the law, but we also don't have to,"…
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