My Opponent, Delegate Overington Favors Speed Camera’s (SCAMERA’S) On I-81, Intrusions Upon Your Liberty – Delegate champions speed cameras

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Delegate Overington, championing intrusion on to our Liberties with Speed Scamera’s like in Socialist Maryland.  This must be put to a stop before it even gets any tread.  I thought Overington was a Republican, appears to be moving more to the left with outlandish support for blood drawing and now speed Scamera’s.  Thank you Chris Anders from Campaign for Championing Liberty and holding accountability to the highest standards for which specific legislators refuse to acknowledge.

Delegate champions speed cameras

December 15, 2013

By S. Chris Anders – West Virginia Campaign for Liberty , journal-news.net

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At this past Tuesday’s legislative meeting with county and state officials, Delegate John Overington (R-62) proposed using speed cameras on Interstate 81 to fine drivers for speeding, and promote safety.

Sounds good ,right? Well, a look at the facts proves that to be wrong.

Speed cameras are promoted by “tax and spend” politicians, who fail to see the problems speed cameras are creating worldwide, and instead focus on the revenue generated by speed cameras, right out your pocket into state coffers.

Not only that, but there are a myriad of problems with speed cameras and speed camera companies, which include:

The right to face your accuser in court and cross-examine witnesses is guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights. Speed cameras deny you this right because the accuser is a machine.

Speed cameras are not operated by sworn police officers. Instead, this is outsourced to a private company. For example, under Montgomery County Md.’s camera program, their contractor receives a $16.25 per ticket commission from these cameras, despite the fact that this violates a provision of state law intended to forbid paying contractors based on the number of citations issued or paid. Essentially the contractor which generates the evidence used in court cases gets paid only if the defendant is found guilty, a clear conflict of interest.