The automated traffic enforcement camera systems that now issue tickets for speeding and running red lights may soon be used to crack down on Hawaiʻi motorists with expired safety checks and expired vehicle registrations.
The state House earlier this month gave tentative approval to those expanded uses of the cameras as part of House Bill 2033, a sweeping, eight-part transportation measure that would also authorize placing additional cameras at any “high-risk” intersections on county or state roadways.
The high-tech cameras have already been deployed at 10 downtown Honolulu intersections, and those camera systems have been issuing citations for speeding and red-light violations since Nov. 1…