JEFFERSON CITY • The fate of red light cameras would be in the hands of Missouri voters in a measure endorsed Wednesday by the House.
House members voted 141-14 in support of a measure that would allow Missourians to decide in August 2016 if red light cameras should be eliminated across the state. Automated license plate readers would not be impacted.
These cameras "put people in a position where they'd rather slam on their breaks than get a ticket," said bill sponsor Rep. Paul Curtman, R-Union.
The House's approval comes as the Missouri Supreme Court mulls the future of traffic camera enforcement laws in three Missouri cities.Â
ºüÀêÊÓƵ, along with the suburban municipalities of Moline Acres and St. Peters, argued the legality of their laws in the widely watched legal showdown pitting municipalities, which insist the cameras are an important safety tool, against motorists, who see the cameras as Orwellian devices that are more about generating revenue than making roads safer.
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The bill needs one more vote in House before moving to the Senate.
The bill is House Bill 207.