3.__Service of Violation Summons and Complaint; notice requirements.__Notwithstanding any other requirements in this subchapter or any other law, a Violation Summons and Complaint based on evidence obtained from a traffic light violation monitoring system may be served by mailing by first class mail a copy of the Violation Summons and Complaint and the certificate on which it is based to the address of the registered owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

The mailing must also inform the alleged violator that the enforcement action is based on evidence obtained from a traffic light violation monitoring system and that the evidence may be viewed at a specific time and place by calling a specified telephone number to set up the viewing.__A clear copy of the evidence may be enclosed as a substitute for the viewing.

All other provisions in this subchapter apply to an enforcement action based on evidence obtained from a traffic light violation monitoring system.

4.__Use of evidence in other legal actions.__In any action brought by a person or entity as a result of personal injury or death or damage to property, evidence derived from a traffic light violation monitoring system is admissible in the same manner prescribed for prosecution of an offense established under this section without the requirements of authentication otherwise required by law and has the same evidentiary effect as described in this section.

SUMMARY

Current law requires a police officer to observe a violation of a traffic control device, stop the violator, issue a summons and complaint and often go to court.

This bill is based on laws in other states that permit the use of evidence obtained from unmanned, automatic cameras to prosecute and prove traffic violations. The owner of the vehicle photographed or otherwise recorded violating a traffic control device is rebuttably presumed to be the violator. Evidence from the cameras may also be used in other legal actions.