The Republican Arizona State House passed a bill to ban photo-cameras in Arizona.

House Bill 2208 was passed 31-27 and advanced to the state senate.

However, it is not known whether the AZ GOP has the stomach to gut the system.

Photo enforcement cameras are big business for cities.

In Scottsdale, it is a source of revenue for city coffers.

While, in Florida, one camera company gives contributions to representatives.

Regardless, Arizona citizens are fed up.

Arizona residents are sick of camera companies violating privacy rights through the monitoring of their highways.

The bills sponsor, Travis Grantham R-AZ, says Arizona will not be a party of “big brother” enforcement.

To say nothing of cameras using a flat “one size fits all” approach to enforcement forcing drivers to slam on the brakes to avoid being “caught”.

Red light cameras will nail you even if half your car is in an intersection. This makes drivers who may not know how much time is on a yellow light slam on their brakes and potentially cause an accident. Instead of just going through, which would be safer to cars behind them.

Citizens: CALL the Arizona Senate and DEMAND they pass HB 2208!

Arizona Senate Information Desk: 602-926-3559 or Toll Free: 1-800-352-8404.

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