Assembly Approves Bill to Crackdown on New York City Speeders With High Tech Cameras to Enforce School Zone Speed Limits

June 21, 2013

June 21, 2013 - Legislation to pass a speed camera enforcement program (A4327-A) has passed both houses of the Legislature. I was proud to sponsor and vote for this measure when it passed the Assembly. This bill will help us increase the overall safety of our streets and especially protect children, who are particularly vulnerable to speeding drivers. By installing these speed-sensitive cameras in school zones we can crack down on these menacing drivers and enforce speed limits more effectively. This bill will make New York City’s roads safer by supplementing the enforcement of the New York City Police Department which each year issues more that 113,000 summonses for speeding violations.

This initiative is modeled after the city’s 25 year old Red Light Camera program that has brought about a significant drop in red light offenses. The technology called for in this measure involves the use of photographic, micro-photographic and video electronic devices that are currently being used in Utah, California, Arizona and British Columbia, Canada. The legislation authorizes the city to establish a five-year demonstration program for the installation of speed cameras in up to 20 school speed zones throughout the five boroughs.

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