8/6/03-Legislation in the Senate that would have added to the list of cities permitted to use photo radar to catch speeders is likely dead.
SB917 was sent back to the Senate Rules Committee Aug. 4 because it lacked the votes to pass the Senate.
The proposal, already on the books in towns such as Bend, Eugene and Portland, would permit a marked vehicle, usually a van, to be equipped with computers and cameras that record the speed of an oncoming driver. If a driver were caught speeding, a citation would then be mailed to the registered owner.
Concerns of privacy invasion, unforeseen cost for drivers and indirect identification reportedly set the bill back.