RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A bill has been introduced to the Virginia General Assembly in hopes to allow the placement of speed cameras — by ordinance “in any location deemed necessary by the locality.”
The proposed legislation was introduced by Democratic Delegate Michael Jones of the 77th District, who told 8News the bill would seek to also focus on speeding in high injury networks of the Commonwealth.
“We’ve got to place [speed cameras] in high injury network areas where we have seen by data and where it is supported by science,” Jones said. “This is where speeding happens, these are the areas in which individuals are injured or property damage or whatever…not just one fatality.”
According to the Vision Zero Network , high injury networks are where high numbers of people are killed and severe injuries in traffic crashes occur.
Vision Zero is a global strategy aimed at eliminating all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, with the goal of changing the mindset that these incidents are inevitable, when instead they are preventable.