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Seen in Insurance Journal: A top aide says Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is taking another look at having a company set up a network of roadway cameras to catch vehicle insurance scofflaws. Gibbons aide Lynn Hettrick says it might be a money-maker to hire Chicago-based InsureNet as part of a budget-cutting package offered for the Legislature [...] 
Given prior public debate about setting up photo radar on Avon Mountain and on I-95, as well as West Hartford’s ‘warnings only’ photo radar… well, given the tightness of the budget and congestion on Connecticut highways, it’s not surprising that some photo traffic enforcement measure would have some traction in the Connecticut legislature this session. [...] 
And people wonder why I hate driving in West Hartford. From the Courant: Speeders beware — you are being watched. But the speed-detection camera installed this week at Boulevard and Whiting Lane is a kind of compassionate Big Brother that just wants to slow down drivers. Those photographed traveling 45 mph or faster at this 30-mph location [...]
Seen in the Courant: In a high-profile defeat for Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a key legislative committee on Thursday rejected her plan to install radar cameras to ticket speeders on a dangerous stretch of I-95. Invoking fears of Big Brother, lawmakers shot down Rell’s plans for a pilot program in southeastern Connecticut by a 13-9 vote. The [...]
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 [...] |
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