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What Every Elected Should Say About Speed Cameras

2:32 PM EDT on June 10, 2016

When City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer talks about street safety and automated enforcement, the message is clear: speeding is always wrong, it's dangerous, and anyone who gets a ticket needs to change their behavior.

In NYC, you have to be driving 11 mph or more above the speed limit to trigger a camera ticket. With a $50 fine and no license points, the penalty is small -- but the reward is great, as speeding drops by 60 percent where cameras are deployed.

Listen to Van Bramer and ask yourself, wherever you live, 'How would my leaders react?' To change the mindset of drivers and achieve Vision Zero, politicians can't crumble anytime a constituent complains about being penalized for dangerous driving.

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