Seen in the Courant:
Although fueled by major political muscle, a controversial bill to install automated radar cameras to ticket speeders on I-95 faces uncertainty in its first legislative test next week — a vote by the legislature’s public safety committee on whether to advance the bill for further consideration by other committees.[...]
Stillman’s district includes the stretch of I-95 between Old Lyme and New London where Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed establishing radar cameras in a “pilot program” prompted by longtime problems with speeding and a horrendous accident last year. But Stillman said her constituents seem “about 60-40″ against the technology; “people just don’t want cameras watching them,” she said.
The other committee chairman, Rep. Stephen D. Dargan, D-West Haven, said that although the bill raises many questions, he still is inclined to approve it in committee “so we can continue the dialogue.”
You know, technically I don’t think you have to advance it out of committee to foster more dialogue. You could have a few more public hearings….