Red Light Cameras May Come to Horsham

The Pennsylvania legislature is wrapping up its session with a bill to allow red light cameras in the Philadelphia suburbs and in Pittsburgh, according to a release issued by AAA Mid-Atlantic.

House Bill 254 passed handily in the state Senate last week, with 34 yeas and only 15 nays. It was signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett Monday and would reauthorize the red light camera program in Philadelphia through July 2017, but would also allow for the cameras to be used in Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties as well as Pittsburgh.

Municipalities eligible for the red light cameras would have to exceed 20,000 residents and have full-time police forces accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. 

That means red light cameras could be coming to Horsham. 

Other Montgomery County municipalities that might also see red light cameras include: Montgomery Township, Abington, Upper Dublin, Lower Merion, Lower Providence and Norristown Borough.

• Fines would be set at $100 (unless a lower amount is approved by the municipality.)
• The violation would not carry any points. 
• The legislation prohibits frontal photographs of vehicles.
• The cameras only can be used for traffic enforcement, not surveillance.

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