To: The Colorado State House, The Colorado State Senate, and Governor Jared Polis
Ban Photo Traffic Enforcement in Colorado
As a signer of this petition, I support Colorado Senate Bill 13-035, introduced by Sen. Scott Renfroe, which “repeals the authorization for municipalities to use automated vehicle identification systems to identify violators of traffic regulations and issue citations based on photographic evidence, and creates a prohibition on such activity.”
Colorado would join fifteen other states that have banned the use of automated enforcement if the current bill is passed and signed into law.
Photo enforcement programs throughout Colorado have come under increasing scrutiny. Denver’s program came under fire after revelations that cameras had been recalibrated to ticket motorists who stopped beyond the white line. Colorado Springs pulled the plug on its cameras in 2011 after concluding they were not improving safety.
Photo enforcement programs put revenue generation before public safety, to the detriment of motorists. It’s time to take the profit motive out of traffic enforcement by banning cameras in Colorado.
Colorado would join fifteen other states that have banned the use of automated enforcement if the current bill is passed and signed into law.
Photo enforcement programs throughout Colorado have come under increasing scrutiny. Denver’s program came under fire after revelations that cameras had been recalibrated to ticket motorists who stopped beyond the white line. Colorado Springs pulled the plug on its cameras in 2011 after concluding they were not improving safety.
Photo enforcement programs put revenue generation before public safety, to the detriment of motorists. It’s time to take the profit motive out of traffic enforcement by banning cameras in Colorado.
Why is this important?
THIS BILL WAS KILLED BY COMMITTEE TODAY AT 4 PM In COMMITTEE MEETING. I.e. The committee reviewing this bill, would not even allow it to go to a vote in the Colorado Legislature. This is your government at work. So sorry to report.
If you are interested in organizing a citizen referedum to force a state wide citizen vote on this bill please contact me by clicking the CONTACT email above. Thanks
Evie Hudak- voted against the bill, Democrat
Angela Giron- voted against the bill, Democrat
Matt Jones- voted against the bill, Democrat
The above legislatures effectively killed the bill in committee
Larry Crowder- voted for the bill to go to the legislature for debate, Republican
Ted Harvey- oted for the bill to go to the legislature for debate, Republican
The creaters of this petition are NOT affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties. Just so you know.
See this VIDEO explaining why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3DrLAOcdAXM#!
Mechanized robotic law enforcement such as photo radar and photo traffic lights is an invasion of privacy, makes frequent mistakes penalizing the innocent, does not support due process of law, does not promote safer driving, and is simply a quick and easy method to randomly raise revenue by governments unable to manage their city finances in a fair and equitable manner.
Mechanized law enforcement by photo traffic enforcement programs are employed under the guise of "traffic safety", yet unbiased independent traffic studies show that this is not the consequence of such systems.
In Denver, the excuse of "crosswalk safety" has been used to justify stop light photo enforcement, yet in all cases in Denver, the systems- generating millions of dollars revenue- have NOT been set up at intersections where pedestrian traffic is high, but rather simply at intersections with the heaviest road traffic and very low pedestrian use.
Photo law enforcement is generally used in areas where speed limits are set low and known to produce the greatest ticket revenue- not where speed limits are reasonable and set according to federal guidelines requiring proper engineering studies based on reasonable driving practice.
Even now, Colorado law requires "CONSPICUOUS" signage warning of photo traffic enforcement, and yet such signs do not follow federal regulatory sign height requirements, are hidden by parked cars, concealed by ordinary traffic, and frequently consist of small folding stands sitting on the ground- in clear contempt for the existing law which is ignored by the companies and the city running the mechanized ticketing operation.
Mechanized law enforcement is WRONG and is yet another dangerous infringement upon everyone's legal and constitutional rights. Support a Colorado ban on photo traffic enforcement and protect your driving rights and the legal rights of all citizens who drive.
This is an issue that transcends all political party lines-
PLEASE spread the word and share this link, no matter if you are an Independent, Green Party, Democrat, or Republican. Thanks, for all of us-
http://signon.org/sign/ban-photo-traffic-enforcemen-2
CONTACT YOUR COLORADO REPRESENTATIVE (Important!) at
http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012B/csl.nsf/directory?openframeset
ADDITIONAL INFO:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/3/speed-camera-tunnel-vision/
http://photoradarscam.com/news.php
http://www.9news.com/news/article/251163/339/DPD-gave-9NEWS-faulty-photo-radar-info
http://www.thenewspaper.com/
If you are interested in organizing a citizen referedum to force a state wide citizen vote on this bill please contact me by clicking the CONTACT email above. Thanks
Evie Hudak- voted against the bill, Democrat
Angela Giron- voted against the bill, Democrat
Matt Jones- voted against the bill, Democrat
The above legislatures effectively killed the bill in committee
Larry Crowder- voted for the bill to go to the legislature for debate, Republican
Ted Harvey- oted for the bill to go to the legislature for debate, Republican
The creaters of this petition are NOT affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties. Just so you know.
See this VIDEO explaining why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3DrLAOcdAXM#!
Mechanized robotic law enforcement such as photo radar and photo traffic lights is an invasion of privacy, makes frequent mistakes penalizing the innocent, does not support due process of law, does not promote safer driving, and is simply a quick and easy method to randomly raise revenue by governments unable to manage their city finances in a fair and equitable manner.
Mechanized law enforcement by photo traffic enforcement programs are employed under the guise of "traffic safety", yet unbiased independent traffic studies show that this is not the consequence of such systems.
In Denver, the excuse of "crosswalk safety" has been used to justify stop light photo enforcement, yet in all cases in Denver, the systems- generating millions of dollars revenue- have NOT been set up at intersections where pedestrian traffic is high, but rather simply at intersections with the heaviest road traffic and very low pedestrian use.
Photo law enforcement is generally used in areas where speed limits are set low and known to produce the greatest ticket revenue- not where speed limits are reasonable and set according to federal guidelines requiring proper engineering studies based on reasonable driving practice.
Even now, Colorado law requires "CONSPICUOUS" signage warning of photo traffic enforcement, and yet such signs do not follow federal regulatory sign height requirements, are hidden by parked cars, concealed by ordinary traffic, and frequently consist of small folding stands sitting on the ground- in clear contempt for the existing law which is ignored by the companies and the city running the mechanized ticketing operation.
Mechanized law enforcement is WRONG and is yet another dangerous infringement upon everyone's legal and constitutional rights. Support a Colorado ban on photo traffic enforcement and protect your driving rights and the legal rights of all citizens who drive.
This is an issue that transcends all political party lines-
PLEASE spread the word and share this link, no matter if you are an Independent, Green Party, Democrat, or Republican. Thanks, for all of us-
http://signon.org/sign/ban-photo-traffic-enforcemen-2
CONTACT YOUR COLORADO REPRESENTATIVE (Important!) at
http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2012B/csl.nsf/directory?openframeset
ADDITIONAL INFO:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/3/speed-camera-tunnel-vision/
http://photoradarscam.com/news.php
http://www.9news.com/news/article/251163/339/DPD-gave-9NEWS-faulty-photo-radar-info
http://www.thenewspaper.com/