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Red-light running drivers kill at least 100 people each year in Florida. But a key lawmaker is supporting a proposal to ticket motorists who are caught on camera running red lights. As Chris Casquejo tells us, if you�re ticketed, your insurance rates won�t go up.

Here it here: Key Lawmakers Support Red-Light Camera Law

Each year, drivers who blow through red lights cause about 6,300 accidents in Florida. That�s why lawmakers want to set statewide standards for cities and counties that want to use cameras to ticket violators. It worries some motorists.

�It�s not right, shouldn�t do it,� said Kevin McMahon.

McMahon believes the proposed law is an invasion of privacy.

�The way things are now, every time you turn around, there�s a camera watching you do something around town,� he said.

If the measure becomes law, it would allow cities and counties to slap $125 fine on the owner of a vehicle captured on camera running a red light.

Citations would work like parking tickets. No points would go on drivers’ records. A key lawmakers who blocked the bill last year now says the cameras won�t be used to capture other violations.

�We are going to allow red light cameras,” said Rep. Carey Baker, a Republican from Eustis. “But we really don�t want it to go any further than that.�

Supporters of red-light cameras agree that privacy is paramount.

�I think that safety is very important,” said Kristen Kirk. “I think our own privacy is important as well, yet when we�re citizens of community, we need to follow the rules of that community.�

With newfound support in the legislature, the red light camera measure has a better than even chance of passing this spring.

12 states already have laws allowing red-light cameras. Another 20 states, in addition to Florida, are considering similar laws.