Speed Enforcement Camera Bill Awaits Governor's Signature

La. DOTD collects data with traffic count devices

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — If you're wondering what the devices on the street signs next to various local roads are, they are not traffic cameras, but 'traffic count devices' being temporarily installed in several parishes across northwest Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) posted via social media on Thursday, June 5, that the traffic count devices are for "data collection." The DOTD states that traff…

Speed enforcement camera bill awaits governor's signature

SHREVEPORT, La. – A bill to limit the use of speed enforcement cameras to school zones only is awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature to become law.

A proposed Louisiana law would ban speed cameras outside school zones, except in Opelousas

SB99, would ban the use of automated speed enforcement cameras outside of school zones and at red lights. The provision would not apply to municipalities with a population less than 16,000 but more than 15,000 within a parish less than 90,000. Only Opelousas fits the terms of the amendment.