red light cameras

Close to a half-million New Jersey motorists who have been ticketed due to red light cameras could be eligible for a partial refund under the terms of a class-action settlement announced Friday.

In its new report on the effect of red light cameras in New Jersey, the state Department of Transportation concluded it is too early to tell if the program is increasing safety on the roads. A strong opponent of the cameras had a different reaction to the report.

Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlan is challenging red-light camera companies to allow their cameras be taken down, without penalty by any municipality where traffic data proves a legitimate safety concern.

Like a dog with a bone he refuses to give up, Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon continues to blast away at New Jersey's controversial red light camera program.

New Jersey’s red-light camera pilot program is set to expire December 16, 2014 but, according to Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon’s research, many of the municipal contracts for the cameras extend beyond that date.

State Senator Shirley Turner plans to introduce a bill that she says will put an end to questions about turning right on red at an intersection equipped with a red light camera.

Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon has introduced a bill to extend yellow light times at intersections where red light cameras are operational, and reduce the size of the fines for a red-light camera ticket.

If we're not going to completely scrap New Jersey red light camera pilot program, the least we can do is something to fix it.

Any local official who wants to climb on the red-light camera bandwagon can forget it - that train is long gone from the station, say two state lawmakers who are among the pilot project's loudest critics. Shore-based Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-13) and state Senator Mike Doherty (R-23) respond to inquiries to enter the pilot program that the 25-town limit has been full practically since its in

The reinstatement of New Jersey's red-light camera pilot program doesn't faze the state senator who's trying to ban them altogether. The program aims to determine the viability of cameras at collision-prone intersections to reduce the number of drivers ignoring red signals, in the interest of safety...