State Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) is reviving her bill to ban photo radar in Arizona this legislative session. Anticipating another veto by Gov. Katie Hobbs, Rogers is proposing it as a Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR), which means if the legislature passes it, SCR 1004 will go to the ballot as a proposition instead of requiring Hobbs to sign it.
Rogers said during a legislative hearing of the State Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Committee that Scottsdale’s accident rate went up despite implementing photo radar, listing off statistics. “This is a scam,” she said. “There’s only one company that does photo radar. One company. So that’s a monopoly. And 11% of proceeds go to politicians, Clean Elections, campaigns. That’s a conflict of interest.”
Rogers said, “Why do mayors come and testify the way they do? Because like it or not, it’s a convenience and it’s a cash cow. And then you have activists who study this year after year and look for the truth and try to reveal that to you, but they don’t have the Triple As of the world to back them with cash.”
She said the Town of Paradise Valley is making money from drivers who do not live there. “Paradise Valley gives 10 tickets per resident per year. … It’s a freedom issue. … This must go to all the voters who drive all over the state of our great state of Arizona.”
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