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• Position: STATELINE - Cameras & traffic safety - Brief article

Cameras are watching more American drivers as they approach intersections, and that's driving debates in state capitols. The cameras snap photos of speeders and red-light runners, who receive tickets in the mail, causing some to object to them as an invasion of privacy. Around 400 communities use cameras to catch red-light runners, while 40 use them to enforce speed limits. State laws run the gamut, from prohibiting their use altogether (Arkansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Hampshire, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin) to allowing their use in certain cities. Pennsylvania, for example, allows specific cities to use cameras for red-light enforcement. Nevada prohibits the...