The city of Brooksville still plans to defend its red-light camera cases, but maybe not all of them.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the assistant City Attorney Cliff Taylor said the city will only prosecute traffic citations against drivers traveling straight through intersections - not those making right turns on red.
This reason is the state's 2010 red light camera law, which says drivers don't necessarily have to come to a stop before turning right on red, but merely make the turn in a careful and prudent manner.
Taylor's decision to focus only on straight-through drivers applies only to the cases that come to court, where they are treated as traffic citations, according to the Times.
Unless drivers challenge their citations, they are code enforcement violations that carry a $158 fine.
Taylor's decision to focus only on straight-through drivers applies only to the cases that come to court, where they are treated as traffic citations.
Unless drivers challenge their citations, they are code enforcement violations that carry a $158 fine.