Show Practice Smiling Camera To Watch The old phrase Smile youre you're on candid camera has been used so much it has become trite But drivers in Bountiful ful may soon be using it- it often none the less IF BOUNTIFUL gets its application application application ap ap- ap- ap approved by the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government it may have some traffic control units that will make it very difficult to get out of a ticket for it will take your picture This new device explained to the city council recently does more than just take a picture It will show in a photograph the car driver speed auto is traveling along with the speed limit the time of day date and the license plate on the front of the car AS EXPLAINED the unit works something like this Sensor units tell the computer a vehicle has passed The computer computes how fast this vehicle is going If it is going faster Caster than thana a certain speed set in the computer the unit takes a flash Clash picture of the car Owner Own Own- er will get a ticket in the mail a few days later If he wants to contest it the police will have a neat little little little lit lit- tle photo with all information information information tion clearly shown TIlE THE UNITS are permanently permanent permanent- ly mounted along side of specified specified spec spec- streets However you wont won't always know if U the units are working The ine city plans to buy four insides with six mountings The inside portion could be moved There are still many unanswered unanswered unanswered un un- un- un answered questions about the new device FOR EXAMPLE if someone other than the owner were driving the car what could police do Usually just going to the owners home will soon locate the driver salesmen for the Texas company making the units said WE ARE also waiting for legal decisions on whether taking such a picture would be an invasion of privacy It shouldn't be since persons in cars are in in glass-in vehicles vehicles cles Iles driving on public streets they said The units are not yet being used officially anywhere in inthe inthe inthe the United States but Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana is using them to survey traffic One county in Texas has run surveys to test the effectiveness effective effective- ness of the units When police checked the pictures they saw sawa a certain young lady turning turning turning turn turn- ing up at intervals An investigation investigation investigation in in- broke up a longstanding longstanding longstanding long long- standing drug ring A MOBILE unit is also available available available avail avail- able with equipment housed in a small truck This outfit can be moved from place to place What would it cost for four units and six pallets About City officials hope a federal grant may take care of up to 95 per cent of U this s cost CITY MANAGER Grant P. P Petersen was happy at the prospect of the traffic control units We have many complaints complaints complaints com com- plaints from certain areas of the city about constant speed speed- ing These come especially from the long straight streets coming off the bench areas Automatic checking of vehicles vehicles vehicles ve ve- could solve many of these problems he told the city council We must do something he continued We cant can't just keep hiring more police SOME LAWS would have tobe tobe to tobe be changed Councilman Layne Forbes pointed out An officer can make an arrest now only if he sees the violation Vandalism would be another problem Company officials suggested the pallets be placed eight feet high rather than four feet to make them harder to damage Glass is bullet resistant re re- THE CITY council voted to apply for the federal funds If approved Bountiful could become a pilot city So better start smiling Your picture just might show up in court and make certain the woman in the car is your yom wife |