Newsom’s approval marks the end of a nearly two-decade-long battle to bring automatic speed cameras to the state, even as they continue to raise privacy concerns and debate over whether they will h…
In the Bay Area, drivers could soon start racking up speeding tickets without ever getting pulled over, after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a controversial speed camera bill, AB 645, into law over the weekend.
The fines begin at $50 for driving 11 mph over the speed limit, and rise to $500 for 100 mph or greater. A first strike will generate a warning, rather than a fine. But the bill also has a major equity component in its attempt to decrease the possibility of police violence during traffic stops. The bill text specifically cites “traditional enforcement methods”–i.e., traffic stops–as situations that put drivers of color at risk.
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