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February 10, 2015

Title: The History Behind Red Light Cameras
Topic: Red Light Camera History

Discussed by State Representative Gary Elkins
with Elected Officials

State Representative Gary Elkins is beginning his 21st year in the Texas State Legislature. He is fed up with the government trying to take away the rights of citizens. He believes, like many others, that red light cameras are infringing on the rights of Texans and he has plans to make them go away once and for all.

Legislation was introduced in 2003 under the guise of wanting to “civilly regulate traffic”. That sounded great, so the Texas Legislators passed the law, which actually allowed individual cities to install the cameras if the voters agreed. You can imagine the shock many elected officials experienced when they discovered this! Many were furious because they thought they had firmly said NO to red light cameras.

In fact, in 2005 the House passed a law to repeal the law, but it died in the Senate. Same thing happened in 2007 AND in 2009. Every single time it passed the House but was shot down in the Senate..... What gives??

Finally, this year, Senator Don Huffines (R-Dallas) has filed a bill in the Senate to stop red light cameras once and for all. Listen in as State Representative Gary Elkins explains the premise behind red light cameras and why he believes they are nothing but bad news.

SB 340 and HB 1131 can be found [HERE].

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