Friday, May 21, 2010

Henry Outlined 'Spy Cam' Plan In Executive Budget

Governor Brad Henry proposed the use of highway cameras ("spy cameras" to many) in his budget earlier this year. Note that the word "camera" is not mentioned.

Here's the text:

Compliance Initiatives
Automated Enforcement of Vehicle Insurance

The Governor’s budget proposes that the State of Oklahoma better protect Oklahomans from uninsured motorists by increasing drivers’ compliance with compulsory vehicle insurance laws through implementation of an automated enforcement system. An automated enforcement system will increase the efficiency of the current Oklahoma law enforcement, enable equal enforcement of in-state and out-of-state violators and reduce costs to existing vehicle liability policyholders. An automated system also eliminates insurance fraud by providing instant insurance verification.

The automated system can be implemented at no cost to the state. It is estimated that the state will collect $95 million in revenues from this program.

http://www.ok.gov/OSF/documents/bud11.pdf

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