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Resolution in support of the Safe Roads Save Lives Act (SB 375/AB 371), which would authorize the City of Milwaukee to implement a traffic safety camera pilot program
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WHEREAS, Wisconsin law currently bans the use of radar-based traffic safety cameras in the enforcement of traffic laws; and
WHEREAS, with a high number of traffic injuries an deaths in the City of Milwaukee, and with a 270% increase in traffic deaths related to speeding since 2002, the City of Milwaukee would like to pilot a traffic safety camera program to curb excessive speeding and red-light running at its intersections; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the proposed City of Milwaukee traffic safety camera pilot program is to positively change driver behavior in a manner that aids in the elimination of deaths and severe injuries; and
WHEREAS, the Safe Roads Save Lives Act (SB 375/AB 371) would authorize the City of Milwaukee to implement a traffic safety camera pilot program to curb excessive speeding and red-light running at its intersections; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that positive changes in driver behavior in the City of Milwaukee will positively affect driving behaviors in surrounding communities like the City of Wauwatosa, which is bordered on three sides by the City of Milwaukee;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that the City of Wauwatosa Common Council supports the Safe Roads Save Lives Act (SB 375/AB 371) and urges the Wisconsin State Legislature and Governor to support and pass the bill into law; and
MAY IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the members of the Wisconsin State Legislature and Governor.
By: Transportation Affairs Committee
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Recommendation: Approve 6-0