FLORIDA COUNTY JUDGES CONTINUE TO REJECT CHALLENGES TO RED-LIGHT SAFETY CAMERA LAW

Sarasota, FL --The latest legal challenges to red-light safety cameras in Florida have been rejected by county judges in both Sarasota and Polk counties. Recent rulings in two separate cases upheld the constitutionality of the state’s red-light camera law each finding that the statute meets the requirements for due process and allows authorities to ticket the vehicle owner, regardless of who was driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. In an August 30th order denying a motion to dismiss a red-light running ticket, Sarasota County Court Judge Kimberly Bonner, of the 12th Judicial