Traffic Cameras and the Reclassification of Crimes to Civil Violations
In this paper, we analyze the increasing efforts by the states to crack down on speed and red-light violations via the use of traffic cameras, how the states seem to have gotten around the Confrontation Clause by reclassifying crimes to “civil violations,” and the numerous issues with this approach.
625 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/11-601.5