The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the Iowa Department of Transportation has the legal authority to regulate the use of traffic cameras on state highways. Attorney Dennis Fulton represents Muscatine, which along with Des Moines, Cedar Rapids say the state agency can’t make them take the cameras down. Fulton told the justices the cameras were put up to improve safety.
Richard Mull argued the case for the state. Mull told the justices the D-O-T has the authority to keep the highways safe and says regulating the automated traffic cameras is similar to regulating the signage and other signals.
Mull pointed out that the D-O-T does not take any of the money generated by the traffic cameras in order to ensure that it maintains objectivity in carrying out the rules. The Court will issue a ruling later.
