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I live on a 2-lane scenic byway Albemarle County that is very curvy and has no shoulders and few intersecting roads. There is virtually no place for law enforcement to safely pull over speeders or other violators (such as cars passing on double solid yellow lines or overlength trucks that cannot safely navigate the curves). HBs 20, 521 and 905 would allow localities to utilize existing technology to safely enforce the traffic laws. These bills would enlarge Code Sec. 46.2-882.1, which already has procedural due process safeguards for vehicle owners, including (1) posting a sign within 1000 feet of the camera that it is in use, (2) the ability to contest the violation in court, (3) the fact that no citation issues unless the speed is more than 10 miles over the limit, and (4) the fact that no points are assessed against a driver unless the summons was issued by a law enforcement officer who was present at the time of the offense. The adage that "speed kills" is very true; automate speed enforcement technology is a good way to make the roads safer for drivers, pedestrians and law enforcement officers. Cameras are already used for other traffic violations (such as toll roads and HOV lanes). In some places, cameras are used to catch drivers who run red lights. Cameras can extend the coverage of police departments that are strapped by personnel shortages. THIS IS NOT A MONEY-MAKER FOR THE LOCALITIES, which must use their portion of the civil penalties collected to contract with vendors to install and maintain the camera equipment and provide the recordings to the law enforcement agencies that will issue summonses. My delegate (Amy Laufer) has patroned HB521. I strongly support that bill, as well as HBs 20 and 905, which give localities broader authority to enact ordinances to place speed cameras wherever they feel it is appropriate. HB461 is totally unnecessary because the 1000 foot warning sign requirement is already part of the law.

I'm writing today to enthusiastically support the expansion of authority to use automated speed enforcement in Virginia. Driving over the speed limit makes our communities less safe, limits our opportunities to live, work and play, and leads to serious injuries and death — not to mention increased pollution through tire dust particulates and lower fuel efficiency. Automated speed enforcement is a tool that can help with all of these factors — simply put, stopping driving over the speed limit speed limit. These bills provide more than adequate safeguards to ensure that automated speed enforcement is implemented fairly. The dangers of speeding are particularly acute for children - who both cannot drive themselves to get around and are more vulnerable to serious injury while walking and biking. We need more automated speed enforcement in Virginia to enable our children to get around independently and safely - not only near schools but throughout our communities.

I am writing in full SUPPORT of HB21, HB461, HB521, HB533, HB905, and HB1072, regarding photo speed monitoring devices and regarding expansion of school zone definitions. As a major advocate for the addition of school bus stop arm cameras, which I am thrilled passed, my support is rooted in improving the safety of our community's pedestrians and cyclists. In communities around the Commonwealth, there is an important and valuable push toward making our neighborhoods and towns more walkable and more bicycle-friendly. But in today's environment, it's a dangerous and often deadly choice for those who do try to walk or cycle, as drivers exceeding the speed limit is the norm, and police departments cannot possibly monitor and patrol every road and intersection. Speed monitoring equipment would be effective and efficient, with the end goal of reducing speeds and reducing violations. I know some citizens cry, "It's a money grab!" No, it's not. Don't speed, and you won't get fined. (Similarly, don't go around a school bus when its stop arm is out, and you won't get fined.) The irony of those citizens' 'money grab' argument is that the localities that are advocating for speed monitoring systems want to REDUCE speeders, thereby reducing any revenue that might result from the equipment. In terms of school zones, I live within one mile of four schools in our community, and I routinely witness cars speeding on our city's primary, secondary, AND tiny neighborhood streets; ignoring crosswalks; running stop signs and red lights; and not slowing down even for backpack-wearing kids or dog walkers as their single focus is getting their child to school or as they're late for after-care pickup. At the same time, walkers are trying to safely cross the road to reach the schools, and the number of near-misses I've personally witnessed would curl your toes. A key solution would be speed monitoring systems, which is about the only thing that seems to scare drivers straight. It's a proven tool for changing behavior, and a proven tool for achieving our goal: decreasing driver speed, decreasing violations, and decreasing deadly encounters between cars and humans. Lastly, I'm in full support of giving localities the right and responsibility of determining where to install equipment; we know our roads, driver habits, and problem areas intimately well, and the placement of such devices will therefore be far more effective in reducing violations and speeding while increasing the safety of our citizens. We MUST make our communities safer, pursue avenues for making walking and cycling more attractive so that we can reduce our dependence on greenhouse-gas-emitting automobiles, and allow our localities to make informed decisions for the communities they know best. Thank you. Stephanie Oppenheimer 610 N Oak St Falls Church VA 22046 skylitecomm@yahoo.com 703.856.3995

Please allow the expansion of speed cameras and make less restrictions on their placement. Speeding in our neighborhoods is out of control and there are not enough police to ensure people are driving at the appropriate speed. I wish people would not speed, but unfortunately the reckless driving is pervasive in the state’s culture right now. From rural Virginia to the suburbs and cities, speed cameras are a reasonable solution that communities can use to enhance road safety. I strongly support HB 20 and HB 905.

I am writing today to enthusiastically support the expansion of authority to use automated speed enforcement in Virginia. We know that driving over the speed limit is not only illegal, it leads to more serious injuries and deaths on our streets. Automated speed enforcement is a proven tool to stop driving over the speed limit. These bills provide more than adequate safeguards to ensure that automated speed enforcement is implemented fairly. The dangers of speeding are particularly acute for children - who both cannot drive themselves to get around and are more vulnerable to serious injury while walking and biking. We need more automated speed enforcement in Virginia to enable our children to get around independently and safely - not only near schools but throughout our communities.

I fully 100% support speed ticket camera/photo enforcement bills to pass into law for 2024. Virginia fatality road deaths are TOO HIGH on per Secretary of Transportation Sheppard Miller statements in 2023 and 2024 General Assembly. 1. VDOT in Fauquier County office has failed to provide proper safe shoulder widths on Route 17 between Marshall to Warrenton which is a 8.5 four lane major commercial and commuter highway. When vehicle crashes happen on Rte 17 the emergency fire trucks and ambulances cannot get to the crash site in a efficient time because the traffic backs up quickly for 1-4 miles due to current VDOT count of over 7 million vehicles per year using this section of Rte 17. Tractor trailers and automobiles cannot move out of the way due to not wide enough road shoulders and steep ditch drop offs. Speeding is the primary problem on Route 17 so reducing the speeding problem reduces the crashes due to increased reaction time by the driver. Speed ticket camera's will greatly reduce the speeding to help police get it under control. 2. School buses use Route 17 to drop off and pick up children in Fauquier County. By law the school bus driver MUST stop in the RIGHT hand lane of Route 17. The problem became so bad years ago that the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, and past Sheriff Robert Mosier had to put cameras on all exterior sides of the school buses to help police catch speeders who would NOT stop per law when the school bus stopped. Speed ticket camera's are allowed currently since 2020 in school zones in Virginia where children are picked up and dropped off. Route 17 is simply a extension of the school zone and speed ticket camera's are gravely needed to reduce this speeding problem for the safety of school children as a MORE efficient way to stop the speeding. 3. A $100 fine citation issued by a Speed Ticket Camera has a Sheriff Deputy police officer involved in the review of the citation in Fauquier County, as well as x2 employee's of the Vendor Blue Line Solutions company that implements the Speed Ticket Camera technology which also hires ex-police officers. Anyone receiving a citation has the option to go to court to fight the citation if they choose. Speed ticket camera's DO NOT show favoritism to any drivers. They issue a citation at 11mph over the set speed limit. They do the job very well in any weather condition and DO NOT get sick from COVID or other diseases. They are a great assistance to overwhelmed police forces so police can focus on other serious public safety problems in Virginia. 4. Photo Enforcement camera technology already exists in Virginia which is NOT a invasion of privacy such as: 4a. On I-66 and other roadways by DMV and VDOT to collect Express lane and HOV lane drivers and violators. 4b. Used on exterior of school buses in Fauquier County to help catch speeders passing stopped school buses. 4c. Used on road construction area's. 4d. Used in Walmart Warrenton Parking lot for public safety. Speed ticket camera's are a sensible solution to increase public safety and NOT an invasion of privacy. 5. Rte 17 traffic volume grows yearly in Fauquier per VDOT data by 100,000 to 200,000 per year. Currently over 7 million. Over 4 million speeders. Police speed tickets average 300-500 max on Rte 17 Marshall to Warrenton per year

I am writing today to enthusiastically support the expansion of authority to use automated speed enforcement in Virginia. We know that driving over the speed limit is not only illegal, it leads to more serious injuries and deaths on our streets. Automated speed enforcement is a proven tool to stop driving over the speed limit. These bills provide more than adequate safeguards to ensure that automated speed enforcement is implemented fairly. The dangers of speeding are particularly acute for children - who both cannot drive themselves to get around and are more vulnerable to serious injury while walking and biking. We need more automated speed enforcement in Virginia to enable our children to get around independently and safely - not only near schools but throughout our communities.

I am writing today to enthusiastically support the expansion of authority to use automated speed enforcement in Virginia. We know that driving over the speed limit is not only illegal, it leads to more serious injuries and deaths on our streets. Automated speed enforcement is a proven tool to stop driving over the speed limit. These bills provide more than adequate safeguards to ensure that automated speed enforcement is implemented fairly. The dangers of speeding are particularly acute for children - who both cannot drive themselves to get around and are more vulnerable to serious injury while walking and biking. We need more automated speed enforcement in Virginia to enable our children to get around independently and safely - not only near schools but throughout our communities.

I strongly OPPOSE HB 521 for the following reasons. 1) Photo enforcement of speeding violations disproportionately hurts poorer residents who are least likely to afford tickets for minor speeding infractions, 2) often times the flow of traffic is 10 or 15 mph above the posted speed limit and many drivers may not realize they are speeding, 3) invariably, parked police cars slow down traffic as everyone sees them and if someone is significantly speeding the parked police officer will notice and then pull them over, 4) police officers are better able to judge whether a car is going with the flow of traffic vs. dangerously speeding, 5) police often find that the driver of a speeding car may be drunk, on other drugs, fleeing a crime, etc. so in-person speeding enforcement can and does catch criminals guilty of more serious crimes. Thank you for your attention to this matter. It is a top priority for me.

Please expand use of automated speed enforcement (ASE, aka speed cameras) beyond the current limitations of school zones and construction zones into high-risk pedestrian corridors. Please allow bicyclists to follow ped signals and treat stop signs as yield signs. These are proven ways to improve road safety. We need to make our roads safer for everyone and welcoming for those choosing modes other than driving.

I am a resident of Dunn Loring and oppose any and all efforts to establish or place speed cameras outside of school zones. These cameras do nothing to stop speeders, and are almost exclusively used to impose onerous fines on those that cannot afford them. Similarly, towns setting speed limits below 25mph has been historically used as a tool to selectively enforce rules with the effect of disproportionately affecting minorities. If speed is an issue, road design is the solution. Narrower lanes, hard bike lanes, and more traffic lights are the solution, not a money grab by way of automated fines administered by a third party in the private sector. I am an active voter and will actively oppose anyone voting for regulations that allow for automated traffic enforcement.

Speed Ticket Camera's: DO NOT get sick from COVID or other diseases. Always ready to do the job to enforce speed limits. DO NOT Abandon their post, or look for work elsewhere for higher paying salaries. DO NOT get injured on the job, or harmed by a violent driver in the car. Are NOT Prejudice regarding race or gender, and DO NOT show favoritism of social-economic status or business relations. Do the job 24 hours a day if programmed that way, 365 days a year. Function day and night, in any weather. Proven data from other states that speeding reduces quickly over time. Free up Law Enforcement to focus on other speeding locations where cameras are not present. Free up Law Enforcement to engage in many other society problems and responsibilities. What Speed Ticket Camera's Cannot Do that Police Can Do: Just about everything else that is criminal behavior and to protect and serve communities. Police will always have jobs to do because we have alot of problems in society and Fauquier County. Police forces are struggling since COVID 2020 to refill positions as are just about any business is these days. Data from VDOT, Sheriff and State Police show speed citations dropped around covid because there were less police to address the speeding problems, but VDOT data shows speeding was STILL VERY MUCH present in the millions on Route 17 Marshall to Warrenton. They issue a speed citation at 11mph over the set speed limit, so some speeding is still being allowed. Parents or guardians will end up having conversations with the young drivers in their homes to be aware NOT to speed. My father had same conversation with me back when I was 16 with 1st drivers license driving the family car. He told me any tickets I get I will be paying him back thru summer work. Any damages done to the vehicle I will pay him back thru summer work. I never got a speeding ticket, but I did put a dent in my father's truck backing up into a pole and I had to pay for it. I NEVER dented the car again after that bill to fix it. Young drivers are MORE prone to cause crashes that lead to death and injury and that is why insurance rates are MUCH higher for them. So parents having conversations IN ADVANCE knowing speed ticket camera's are present on Fauquier Roads will establish GOOD driving behavior before it gets BAD and dangerous. Best education starts in the home with Mom and Dad, and speed ticket camera's will stimulate that because Mom and Dad will NOT want to get a $100 bill in the mail. Some Virginia counties are implementing a 1st time citation to be only $50 so as to provide a KIND WARNING Wake UP Call . I think that is fair, and legislation could work that into the various speed ticket camera bills as needed.

I support speed ticket cameras to be allowed on dangerous roads in Virginia, especially Route 17. These devices will get the speeding under quick serious control. This is NOT about making money as I have read in some online articles about speed ticket camera's. They do make money as does any citation would, however if they make a lot of money it is because an area must have a SERIOUS speeding problem in that area. The online articles often refer to the money reinvested back into a county to repair or implement other public safety project needs that otherwise would NEVER get done or cause the need to raise our taxes. Its a WIN-WIN situation. Lives will be saved thru less crashes due to speeding, and I constantly see people driving and texting on Route 17 all the time. It scares me often. Police just cannot keep up with the speeding problem, and I am watched a video for Richmond General Assembly 2024 session about how gangs, drugs and human trafficking are on a continued dangerous rise. So let the speed ticket camera's help take a HUGE burden off of police on the worst roads so they can focus on these other criminal elements PLEASE. Republicans from information shared with me show they have primarily VOTED NO for these bills and stopped them multiple times in the past. We need these devices and the technology is available to support them now in 2024 so USE IT. These devices are proven to work well in Maryland, and Ohio and other states. Tractor trailers using Route 17 is going to continue to rise due to the Ports of Virginia growth I per trade journals I read. They care only about speeding thru Fauquier to make money to deliver cargo quicker. I rarely see them pulled over by police, except for more recently around June thru September 2023 which I was told was due to a fellow supporter speaking with Governor Youngkin helping us out some. If the Governor made a call to get the police out on Route 17 for speeding than the problem must be bad.

I support HB 20, 461, 521, 533, 905, 1032 that all have to do with Speed Ticket Camera to ASSIST police to get the long term speeding under serious control. Too many tractor trailers tailgating drivers to speed above the 55mph speed limit on Route 17. Commuter vehicles DO NOT respect locals when they slow down to turn into driveways off of Rte 17 with TOO MANY near misses. Some citizens have died due to speeding while texting. Information in this posting is specific to Route 17 Marshall to Warrenton which is dangerous with many large and small hills, blind curves and x3 Deadly intersections of Belvoir Rd, Old Tavern Rd and Blantyre Road where crashes occur a lot at Old Tavern Rd intersection. VDOT made some minor upgrades at Old Tavern Rd intersection, but primarily is NOT Helping as speeding still continues. VDOT's actions are typically NOT affective to help and ignore majority of citizens input at June 7th 2022 Public Meeting to simply lower the speed limit to 45mph or 50mph from Warrenton to Marshall as a way to help traffic enter and exit Route 17. Slow moving LONG equestrian and farm livestock trailers are at highest risk plus the school buses trying to navigate ONTO or OFF of Route 17 due to speeding in both directions. The gaps have become much more limited than in the past to find SAFE breaks in the traffic flows in both directions. Speed Ticket Camera's function in the following sensible way: 1. Issue speed ticket at 11mph over the speed limit. State Police and Fauquier Sheriff Dept data combined with VDOT data shows Millions of speeders above the 55mph zone on Route 17 Marshall to Warrenton yet only around 300 to 400 speed citations issued per year COMBINED by State Police and Deputies on this section of Route 17. 2. Police data shows they Primarily write speed citations at 74mph in a 55mph zone on Route 17. Speed ticket cameras would issue a citation at 66mph in a 55mph zone which is MUCH better and would capture MILLIONS of speeders to STOP speeding. 75mph in a 55mph zone in Virginia per law is Reckless driving, so police are allowing reckless driving before they engage to chase down a speeder if the police are even present. They are outnumbered and NEED HELP thru Technology. 3. Cameras ONLY take photo of rear of Vehicle so no invasion of privacy. DMV and VDOT camera systems on I-66 HOV lanes to collect payment and issue fines. Camera systems also mounted on poles all along I-66. School buses in Fauquier have camera systems on ALL sides of a bus to help capture speeders that are supposed to STOP behind a school bus picking up or Dropping off children on Rte 17. Warrenton Walmart, grocery stores and businesses have camera's in their parking lots. Cell phones are worst tracking of a person privacy than they realize. So invasion of privacy is a POOR excuse NOT to implement these devices that will save peoples lives thru speed reduction. 4. Because school buses on Rte 17 drop off and pick up children as they do in school zones where speed ticket cameras are now allowed per 2020 law, Rte 17 essentially is a EXTENSION of a SCHOOL zone. Rte 17 is MUCH more Dangerous than a school zone, and the school buses BY LAW must STOP in the RIGHT hand lane of Rte 17 and NOT allowed to pull off onto a shoulder. Shoulder lanes barely exist anyway. 5. VDOT has NOT provided wide enough shoulder widths for police safe enforcement. Speed Ticket Cameras DO NOT need widened road shoulders to do the job well.

I support HB 20, 461, 521, 533, 905, 1032 that all have to do with Speed Ticket Camera to ASSIST police to get the long term speeding, increasing fatalities and injuries due to vehicle crashes on Route 17 Marshall to Warrenton (8.5 Miles). Police need HELP and unable to keep the speeding under long term control. Statements by Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sheppard Miller said to Senate Transportation Committee and House of Delegate Transportation Committee in 2023 and 2024: "Critically important to them is public safety and highway deaths are still a serious problem in Virginia for many years. Over 1000 deaths per year on Virginia highways for many years in Virginia is too many and that needs serious attention." Used the analogy that if 1000 deaths were from x3 jet airliners crashing in the same year that it would garner immediate attention to fix it, but because the deaths are spread out across a year on Virginia Highways in different locations it does not get serious attention. NOTE* Mr Miller made no mention of the many other regular road ways that have speeding and fatalities besides just on highways. Terrance C. Cole Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security said to House of Delegates Public Safety Committee on January 12th 2024. "Overall decline in individuals serving in law enforcement has placed additional strain on existing personal.” "Police forces are under INCREASING Threats, and causes increase stress, PTSD, and anxiety in their lives." This supports the need for Speed Ticket Camera's to assist police to get a serious handle of the out of control speeding for public safety all over Fauquier County and Virginia because of police forces diminished since COVID and struggling to hire more officers per my direct contact with State Police about this also. State Police informed me COVID just sped up a known problem with many State Police Officers were ready for retirement, and past Sheriff Robert Mosier said in all his years in law enforcement he had NEVER witnessed the mass exodus of police forces. Terrance Coal Secretary of Homeland Security and Public Safety stated the following facts to the House of Delegate Public Safety Committee at this 2024 Session: 1. Human and sex Trafficking has increased in Virginia Common Wealth and linked to gangs and organized criminal organizations. Violent crimes on the rise. Public safety is a serious position, and emphasized killing of kids is happening due to gang growths. 2. Illegal Drugs in Virginia also on the rise. Mexican cartels stated as main problem distributing Fentanyl is the main problem and serious influence in Common Wealth of Virginia. More dangerous drugs on the rise such as Nitazene that is 10x deadlier than Fentanyl. 3.Gang activity increasing in common wealth of Virginia. 648 Home Grown and National Gangs operating in Virginia. “The commonwealth of Virginia is experiencing significant public safety and homeland security challenges which is attributed to the violence associated with Street Gangs, Human / Labor Trafficking, Influx of illegal narcotics, Legislation which has weakened law enforcement’s ability to interdict, sale of unregulated marijuana products” Essentially POLICE have plenty of work to keep them BUSY protecting society from further break down. Speed Ticket Camera's can address the speeding problem to allow police to focus more on gangs, drugs and human sex trafficking.