US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's plan to 'promote speed safety cameras' is raising the troubling specter of ubiquitous automated traffic enforcement in the style of the UK, where the cameras are widely despised.
Buttigieg's 42-page road safety plan that was unveiled on Thursday and is backed by $14 billion in funding from the new infrastructure bill contained only brief mention of the speed camera plan, but it was enough to set alarm bells ringing for worried motorists.-- More...
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Buttigieg on Thursday revealed plans to 'promote' speed cameras across the US
The plan is part of a safety package backed by $14 billion in new funding
In the UK, speed cameras have been ubiquitous for decades and are despised
In the US they are a matter of debate, and banned by law in at least seven states
US critics from both the right and the left are opposed to speed cameras
Conservatives view them as overreach and liberals oppose fines funding police
In the UK omnipresent speed cameras are matter of fury and controversy
By JAMES FIELDING FOR MAILONLINE and JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER and STEPHEN LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:38 EST, 29 January 2022 | UPDATED: 01:26 EST, 30 January 2022
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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's plan to 'promote speed safety cameras' is raising the troubling specter of ubiquitous automated traffic enforcement in the style of the UK, where the cameras are widely despised.
Buttigieg's 42-page road safety plan that was unveiled on Thursday and is backed by $14 billion in funding from the new infrastructure bill contained only brief mention of the speed camera plan, but it was enough to set alarm bells ringing for worried motorists.
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