HB664 establishes a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones by issuing civil citations to drivers exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour when workers are present. The Transportation Cabinet is tasked with implementing the program, which includes installing signage indicating active enforcement and issuing courtesy warnings during the first 30 days of operation. All fines collected will be used to administer the program, with any surplus directed to the highway-work-zone safety fund.
The Kentucky State Senate passed HB664 on March 28, 2025 by a vote of 29 to 7. We have assigned pluses to the nays because traffic cameras undermine due process by removing human interaction and presuming guilt before innocence—principles protected by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, these cameras infringe upon the Fourth Amendment, which protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, and they unfairly grant leniency to some while denying it to others—contradicting the American principle that “all men are created equal.”
