Right on.
That's what New Jersey motorists could be saying today if the state Assembly Transportation Committee advances a bill barring the state's much-criticized red-light traffic cameras from issuing tickets for rolling right turns on red.
Motorists have fumed over violations for the so-called "California Roll," often given to motorists whose tires are barely moving and who turn right on red when there are no other cars around. Fines run between $85 and $140.
In addition, according to a preview of the legislation, motorists could get up to a second more to get through yellow lights.
The legislation is sponsored by Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) ? who was the primary sponsor of the bill that brought the red-light cameras to New Jersey at the end of 2009 ? and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen).
The transportation committee hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. today in the State House Annex in Trenton.
Last June, the state Department of Transportation suspended cameras at 63 intersections over questions about whether the yellow lights were giving motorists enough time to get through intersections. The DOT the next month lifted the suspension after finding the cameras met standards.
Still, nearly a half-million people who received tickets up until July 25 will receive average refunds of $6 under a $4.2 million settlement in a class-action suit.
The refunds apply to motorists who received tickets in the cities of Jersey City, Linden and Rahway; the boroughs of Glassboro, Palisades Park and Roselle Park; and the townships of Brick, Deptford, East Brunswick, East Windsor, Gloucester, Lawrence, Monroe, Piscataway, Pohatcong, Union, Wayne and Woodbridge.
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Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/nj_lawmakers_to_vote_on_ending.html
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