State data shows there are more than 100 automated speed detection devices in metro Atlanta.
Lawmakers are trying to decide, should they stay or should they go?
The Georgia House of Representatives punted the question to the Georgia Senate this week when it passed two competing bills : one that would ban the school zone speed cameras and one that would tighten the rules around them.
Georgia school zone speed cameras rake in millions. Lawmakers want to remove them
There are nearly 400 of the cameras statewide. They are used to issue tickets for speeding even when a law enforcement officer was not present. They have resulted in millions of dollars of fines for drivers, who have complained that they have been ticketed when they weren’t speeding, weren’t near an entrance to a school or weren’t driving within school zone hours…