This legislation would provide for a three-year program that would allow the City Department of Transportation to pilot 20 automated speed cameras. The speed cameras use technology similar to NYC's successful red light camera program. Drivers whose speed triggers a radar detector/camera assembly would have their license plates photographed, and would receive citations in the mail with a $50 fine. There would be no points assessed to a driver's license.

The legislation follows a report by Transportation Alternatives detailing the success of the cameras at slowing speeds and saving lives. London currently has over 300 speed cameras. According to a paper in the British Medical Journal, the program produced a 60% reduction in deaths on the M25, one of the city's busiest highway corridors.

The legislation seems to have the support of the City DOT and the Giuliani administration, but still needs a home rule message from the NYC City Council before it can make its way through the Assembly and Senate.