Flutterby™! : Speed Cameras Nixed

Speed-camera trial for San Jose, San Francisco dies in Assembly. The most vocal opposition comes from police unions, CHP Officer Tom Maguire of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen said:

“I have never investigated or assisted in an investigation that involved a vehicle and a pedestrian or a vehicle and a bicycle that resulted in a fatality where speed was the primary collision factor,” Maguire said. “Never.”

“I have never investigated or assisted in an investigation that involved a vehicle and a pedestrian or a vehicle and a bicycle that resulted in a fatality where speed was the primary collision factor,” Maguire said. “Never.”

The author of the bill brought up the death of Aileen Quiroz Chavez:

Juana Maria Quiroz says she's had her own close calls with speeding cars in this neighborhood. Some neighbors have been pushing for speed bumps to slow down traffic but were previously overruled by other neighbors who didn't want them. But police on Wednesday said it didn't appear as though the driver was speeding, and that the family was inside the crosswalk when they were struck.