Say cheese! Speed camera legislation passes in Albany
Speed cameras are one step closer to becoming a reality as, on Saturday, June 22, the State Legislature approved a bill that would allow the installation of 20 of them within a quarter mile of schools with documented speeding issues throughout the city.
According to the bill, which was a response to a home rule message sent by the city which has expressed a desire to be able to install the cameras, motorists who speed between 10 and 30 miles above the speed limit will receive no more than a $50 ticket. Those who speed over 30 miles above the speed limit will be fined no more than $100 and default speeding penalties would be set at $25.
The cameras will work just like the red-light cameras already in place; they would not photograph the driver or share the license plate number of the car.