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Law - "Shudder speed: Rise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers' disgust"
Adding to a by now long list of ILB entries on red-light cameras, Neely Tucker reports in the Washington Post in a very long story today. A sample:There's something that doesn't smell right about these tickets, but you're not quite...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2009 12:22 PM
Law - "Chicago red-light camera company open to two-tiered ticketing: Rolling right turns may net lower fines"
This April 6th ILB entry is the most recent - it is headed "Red light camera bill may have hit a red light." Today the Chicago Tribune has this long story by Bob Secter that begins:As a backlash against red...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 10, 2009 10:50 AM
Ind. Law - Red light camera bill may have hit a red light
Updating the ILB's long list of red light camera entries, Chas Reilly reports today in the NWI Times under the heading "Red-light camera legislation idled." The story begins:MERRILLVILLE | Merrillville police say installing red-light cameras at town intersections could help...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 6, 2009 02:21 PM
Law - Mississippi passes law banning red light cameras
The ILB's most recent entry on the bill authorizing red-light cameras, which is making its way through the General Assembly, is here, from March 17th. Yesterday the Biloxi-Gulfport Mississippi SunHerald had a story by Emily Wagster Pettus, headlined "Jackson stops...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 24, 2009 02:58 PM
Law - Chicago sees more money to be made from red-light cameras
The ILB's most recent entry on red light cameras (SB 389) was March 14th, quoting a story from Iowa headed "Red-light cameras light up cash registers: Operators of red-light cameras collect lots of money in fines; It's unclear if streets...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 17, 2009 07:57 AM
Ind. Law - "Senate gives 'green light' to red-light cameras"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 18th, Richard Gootee of the Indianapolis Star has a background story today on the red light camera issue. A bill passed the Senate last week. As noted in the ealier ILB entry, the bill...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 24, 2009 07:29 AM
Ind. Law - "Senate gives 'green light' to red-light cameras"
Deanna Martin of the AP reports today:INDIANAPOLIS | Drivers may want to think twice about blowing through red lights. The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate passed a bill 28-22 Tuesday to allow cities and towns to install cameras at intersections to catch...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 18, 2009 08:09 AM
Law - Traffic and red light cameras ruled constitutional by federal judge in Akron case
Laura Johnston of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Wednesday: Akron -- Opponents of traffic-enforcement cameras are running out of arguments after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the cameras don't violate the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. District Court decision in...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 12, 2008 08:37 AM
Ind. Law - Still more on: "Red light camera push starts again"
Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries on red light cameras is this story today in the Lafayette Journal Courer, by Curt Clyder, whose story today begins:Janie Amstutz has lived on South 23rd Street, within eyesight of the nearby...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 8, 2008 09:45 AM
Ind. Law - More on: "Red light camera push starts again"
Updating this ILB entry from April 18th, an editorial today in the NWI Times is headlined: "Green light to cut spending, but not to red light cameras." Some quotes:Red light cameras will get another look from the Indiana General Assembly...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 21, 2008 08:45 AM
Ind. Law - "Red light camera push starts again"
So reports Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times in a comprehensive story. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS | A move to let Indiana cities install cameras to catch drivers running red lights is expected to fare better with Indiana lawmakers next year, now...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 18, 2008 08:42 AM
Ind. Law - Still more on: "Hammond's red light camera ordinance not legal"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, where the Lafayette Journal & Courier reported: 'Both Lafayette and West Lafayette mayors said Monday they'll lobby state lawmakers to create a law authorizing municipalities to use red light cameras", today the NWI Times...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 13, 2008 08:38 AM
Ind. Law - More on: "Hammond's red light camera ordinance not legal"
Updating this ILB entry from August 9th, Michael Malik of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports today:Both Lafayette and West Lafayette mayors said Monday they'll lobby state lawmakers to create a law authorizing municipalities to use red light cameras. Passing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 12, 2008 09:02 AM
Ind. Law - "Hammond's red light camera ordinance not legal"
Several Indiana cities have been looking into using red-light cameras, Gary, Hammond, West Lafayette among them. The ILB has had a number of entries about whether red-lights cameras are legal - see the list here. Karen Snelling of the Gary...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 9, 2008 10:08 AM
Ind. Law - More on: "West Lafayette will test red light cameras"; Hammond Update
Updating this ILB entry from June 18th, Michael Malik reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier. Here is a quote that begins about half-way through the story:West Lafayette Police Department Capt. Chris Leroux informed the city's traffic commission Wednesday that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 20, 2008 11:03 AM
Ind. Law - "West Lafayette will test red light cameras"
Recall the recent ILB entries headed "Red light cameras legal?" - the most recent is from June 17th - about Hammond's new red light cameras ordinance? Today the Lafayette Journal-Courier's Michael Malik reports:West Lafayette is studying whether to add red...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 18, 2008 08:40 AM
Ind. Law - Even more on "Red light cameras legal?"
Updating earlier ILB entries on red light cameras, the most recent being this one from June 10th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times reports today:HAMMOND | The State Board of Accounts and the Indiana Supreme Court will be putting the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 17, 2008 11:03 AM
Ind. Law - Still more on "Red light cameras legal?"
Updating this ILB entry from June 8th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:HAMMOND | Concerned about the city's adoption of red-light cameras, City Clerk Robert Golec said he will raise the issue at...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 10, 2008 09:26 AM
Ind. Law - More on "Red light cameras legal?"
Updating this ILB entry from June 4th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times has a comprehensive story today on the red light camera issue. Some quotes:HAMMOND | City leaders last week entered the murky world Indiana lawmakers have faced for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 8, 2008 11:56 AM
Ind. Law - "Red light cameras legal?"
"Red light cameras legal?" is the headlne to this story today in the NWI Times, written by Susan Brown. The report begins:HAMMOND | When the City Council gave its approval Monday to installing red light cameras at six city intersections,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 4, 2008 09:04 AM
Law - Driving to Illinois? Also, red light camera law in Indiana
The Chicago Tribune reports today:Two camera-equipped vans will begin patrolling highway work zones in July, snapping images of drivers violating the 45 m.p.h posted speed limit, officials of the Illinois Department of Transportation announced today. The vans will patrol expressway...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 30, 2005 03:18 PM