The Truth About Cars reports:
The industries that profit from photo enforcement are scrambling to convince Florida lawmakers to adopt legislation that will forgive municipalities for installing red light cameras contrary to existing state law. A circuit court judge last week ruled that red light cameras were illegal in the state, following the legal argument presented in a 2005 attorney general opinion. On the day the decision was handed down, an insurance and camera company-backed front group headed by Melissa Wandall, the widow of an accident victim, released new polling data intended to jump-start the legislative effort.
“These camera safety programs maintain that high degree of support across partisan, generational and gender lines as well,” Public Opinion Strategies (POS) partner Neil Newhouse claimed in the industry-supported press release. “Even a very healthy majority — 60 percent — of those who have personally received red light and speeding tickets still support using the cameras.”
The POS polling firm, which conducted the survey, has a contract with American Traffic Solutions to produce regular surveys in support of the ticketing company’s business model...
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