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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Red light cameras are used in Cook, DuPage, Kane,
3 Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will Counties; and
 
4     WHEREAS, These cameras produce photographs of vehicles
5 that pass through an intersection when the signal is red; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The photographs are used to issue traffic
7 citations; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Under certain circumstances, vehicles may pass
9 through an intersection in a lawful manner when the signal is
10 red; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Red light cameras have been used to issue traffic
12 citations to drivers who properly execute a right turn against
13 a red signal; and
 
14     WHEREAS, These citations for otherwise lawful vehicle
15 operations cause undue and unwarranted burdens upon the
16 recipients of the citations; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 encourage units of local government with red light cameras to

 

 

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1 not use the cameras to issue tickets to motorists who properly
2 execute right turns at a red light.