Lawmakers in Jeff City want a piece of the Red Light Camera pie. Rep. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit, and co-sponsored by Rep. Timothy Jones, R-Eureka, among others, are offering a bill that would take red light camera revenue and plow it back into the schools.  Kansas City claims it has made 1.4 million in revenues from the camera tickets.  That revenue would go to the schools rather than the general fund.

An idea for Red Light Camera revenues in Washington D.C. Advocacy group, Greater, Greater Washington advocate that the revenues generated by the red light cameras in D.C. be re-distributed to the citizens a la the Alaska Permanent Funds which redistributes oil revenue to the citizens of Alaska.  The problem is that Alaska operates with a surplus as opposed to D.C. who I suspect operate very much in the red and need that revenue in their general fund.  Anyone who says red light cameras are for public safety is not being genuine.

Watch out for the creepy white van – not stranger danger, rather speeding camera and computer. After a couple weeks of issuing warnings for speeders identified by the the speeding camera, Baltimore Maryland has started sending out actual tickets with fines of $40 and no points.   That kind of van would send a stake through my business model.

And the Flash Gets a Speeding Ticket

Aimee Gromowsky is a traffic ticket lawyer in Kansas City Missouri and serves Kansas City Municipal Court and the greater Kansas City area.