LGC 18.2: Reasonable Traffic Enforcement Act - Passed

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Reasonable Traffic Enforcement Act

LGC 18.1 Shall be amended as follows:

1. Any Police Officer or Prosecutor in Lincoln is prohibited from issuing a traffic ticket, or any other consequence, for a violation of the speed limit, provided the alleged speed is less than twenty (20) ten (10) miles over the posted limit, unless:

- the ticket or warning is being issued as a result of a collision
- the speed limit is less than 30 miles per hour
- The offense is occurring in a school zone, regardless of the limit currently in effect, and/or
- the officer is citing careless or reckless driving (or similar), and factors beyond speed prove their case.

2. States and localities may not modify speed limits for the sole purpose of circumventing this law.

3. Any currently pending court case relating to any matter listed above is hereby dismissed and expunged.

4. Any prior court case relating to any matter listed above shall be immediately and retroactively dismissed and expunged, and removed from any driving record.

5. Privately-owned roads are not required to post a speed limit, and drivers cannot be ticketed for allegedly speeding on a privately-owned road.

6. Traffic enforcement cameras that collect photographic or video recordings shall be forbidden on all public roads.

7. Collection of tolls will be forbidden on all public roads.

I made a mistake in my inaction on this bill, but I hope the court will consider these changes in good faith.

Sponsor: Sirius
Court Sponsor: Dwarven Dragon
Occupying: Slot 1

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I support the Governor's Amendment. I am unaware of any Lincoln roads that imposed a toll prior to LGC 18.1 (the version of the High Speed Highways act that imposed tolls was vetoed by KaiserDave), and I think the new speed enforcement number is a fair position (and admittedly, allowing 49 in a 30 was too much, but I wanted to get the bill passed in some form rather than just kill the issue by voting No)

[Sirius_]

Thanks for bringing this to the floor. I made a mistake earlier in not voicing my opinion through a redraft in time, so I hope the court will forgive me and consider these changes (it isn't like its very busy right now). I believe this to be a reasonable change that maintains the spirit of the bill. Like Wulfric said, 20 mph over the limit can be very excessive in certain contexts, particularly residential streets with limits around 30-40 mph. I also believe that tolls should be left to the states, and that hard banning them through this bill is both irrelevant to its purpose and will create a strain on transportation budgets.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[Illiniwek]

Seconded

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote is open.

Aye

[Liminal Trans Girl]

Aye

[Illiniwek]

Aye

[Joseph Cao]

Aye, although frankly the original bill shouldn't have passed.

[CosmoKramer]

Nay to this change. Tolls on public roads are by nature unjust.
Also undoing the relaxing of speed limit ticketing is a bad idea.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

PASSES 4-1-0-0

Reasonable Traffic Enforcement Act

LGC 18.1 Shall be amended as follows:

1. Any Police Officer or Prosecutor in Lincoln is prohibited from issuing a traffic ticket, or any other consequence, for a violation of the speed limit, provided the alleged speed is less than twenty (20) ten (10) miles over the posted limit, unless:

- the ticket or warning is being issued as a result of a collision
- the speed limit is less than 30 miles per hour
- The offense is occurring in a school zone, regardless of the limit currently in effect, and/or
- the officer is citing careless or reckless driving (or similar), and factors beyond speed prove their case.

2. States and localities may not modify speed limits for the sole purpose of circumventing this law.

3. Any currently pending court case relating to any matter listed above is hereby dismissed and expunged.

4. Any prior court case relating to any matter listed above shall be immediately and retroactively dismissed and expunged, and removed from any driving record.

5. Privately-owned roads are not required to post a speed limit, and drivers cannot be ticketed for allegedly speeding on a privately-owned road.

6. Traffic enforcement cameras that collect photographic or video recordings shall be forbidden on all public roads.

7. Collection of tolls will be forbidden on all public roads.

I made a mistake in my inaction on this bill, but I hope the court will consider these changes in good faith.