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Mar 12, 2013

House approves photo radar restrictions

Speedy drivers and red light runners cruising down state highways wouldn’t have to watch out for those white photo radar boxes and flashes of light anymore if a bill approved by the House on Monday becomes law.

Mar 11, 2013

House OKs bill requiring cities to prove need for photo enforcement

State transportation officials will have to be shown there's a safety problem before allowing cities to put photo enforcement on state highways under a bill approved Monday by the Arizona House.

Mar 6, 2012

Statewide photo-radar ban fails a 2nd time

A ballot measure that would outlaw the use of photo radar in the state failed a second time in the Senate today, spurring the sponsor to declare the proposal most likely dead this session.

Feb 14, 2012

Ban on photo enforcement advances in Senate

A group of lawmakers wants voters to decide whether to completely ban photo enforcement in Arizona.

Mar 2, 2011

Bill to prohibit photo radar fails in Ariz. Senate

A bill to bar red-light and speed cameras by Arizona local governments has narrowly failed in the state Senate.

Nov 21, 2009

Behind the lens: How photo enforcement really works

In 1880, two brothers discovered that an electrical current could be produced by applying pressure to some crystals. Maybe Pierre and Jacques Curie thought their discovery would lead to the light switch. But a modern-day speed trap was probably far from their minds.

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