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Red Light Cameras May Come to Warminster

The state legislature passed a bill to allow red light cameras in Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties.

The Pennsylvania legislature is wrapping up its session with a bill to allow red light cameras in the Philadelphia suburbs and in Pittsburgh, according to a release issued by AAA Mid-Atlantic.

House Bill 254 passed handily in the state Senate on June 29, with 34 yeas and only 15 nays and if signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett, would reauthorize the red light camera program in Philadelphia through July 2017, but would also allow for the cameras to be used in Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties as well as Pittsburgh.

Municipalities eligible for the red light cameras would have to exceed 20,000 residents and have full-time police forces accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. 

That means red light cameras could be coming to:

Bucks County: Falls, Middletown and Warminster townships

Chester County: Tredyffrin, West Chester, West Goshen, West Whiteland townships

Delaware County: Media Borough; Haverford, Radnor, Upper Darby townships, City of Chester

Montgomery County: Lower Merion, Abington, Horsham, Lower Providence, Montgomery, Upper Dublin and Upper Merion townships and Norristown Borough

Details of the law:

  • Fines would be set at $100 (unless a lower amount is approved by the municipality.)
  • The violation would not carry any points. 
  • The legislation prohibits frontal photographs of vehicles.
  • The cameras only can be used for traffic enforcement, not surveillance.

What do you think? Should the suburbs have red light cameras? Take our poll below and let us know what you think in the comment section.

Pamela July 2, 2012 at 03:17 pm
The number of auto accidents has increased at many Philadelphia intersections since the installation of 90 red-light cameras over the last six years, according to police data. The total number of accidents was up 12 percent for the 15 intersections that have had cameras for at least a year, the police data show.
State and local governments should be wary of red-light camera systems because they can be used primarily as revenue schemes, not safety devices, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group said Thursday. The report was issued as Pennsylvania considers expanding its red-light camera program beyond Philadelphia amid questions about the program's effectiveness.
Kenneth Hoover July 2, 2012 at 03:21 pm
Nothing but a revenue generator. Sort of the 21st Century version of the old speed trap. The cameras leave no room for other factors such as weather and road conditions, and short-duration yellow lights. Repeat offenders will simply ignore the fines and keep going through the red lights.
Ken Bachman July 2, 2012 at 03:37 pm
Warminster has the most screwed up timming of there lights.
Ican see this making more drivers mad. let pendot time your lights first.
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