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Ticket Camera Company Illegally Threatens Florida Drivers

When a city signs a contract with a ticket camera company -- even though cities often insist it's not the case -- they're delegating law enforcement activities to a private company. The story below, from TheLedger.com, shows just one of ...

Red Light Camera Wrongly Tickets Woman Who Was Out Of State

In another story that ticket camera companies will insist is an isolated incident (despite a new incident seemingly surfacing each week), a Peoria, Illinois woman was sent a ticket that should have gone to another driver. WMBD/WYZZ TV has the ...

Los Angeles Red Light Cameras Lead To Increased Accidents

Thanks to an excellent piece of investigative journalism by David Goldstein of Los Angeles television station KCAL, motorists are getting the real accident numbers at Los Angeles camera-enforced intersections. The city has claimed that the cameras reduced accidents by 34%, but ...

9 Cities Where Citizens Voted To Ban Ticket Cameras

Despite claims by the ticket camera industry that most drivers support the use of ticket cameras, the automatic ticketing devices have never survived a public vote. That trend continued this week as three more cities were forced to shut down ...

Driver Convicted Of Speeding Without Ever Receiving Ticket

The Beacon News in Illinois has another story of ticket camera bureaucracy causing problems for motorists. Here's an excerpt: Unsure why the Kane County Circuit Clerk would send him anything in the mail, Ernie Bolen assumed he'd been summoned for jury ...

Red Light Camera Tickets Innocent Driver Yet Again

A recent news report in Baton Rouge, Louisiana gives yet another example of a red light camera ticketing an innocent driver and then leaving it up to the accused motorist to prove the ticket was undeserved. Here's a quick overview of ...

Essential Material For Ticket Camera Activists

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director The effective way to defeat red-light and speed camera initiatives in your community, or to mount effective opposition to existing installations, is to ratchet up the pressure on local politicians.  It takes a strong grassroots ...

Peoria Reevaluates Ticket Camera Program After Accidents Double

During a recent session of the Peoria, Arizona City Council, some interesting statistics were released on the city's red-light cameras. According to an article by the Arizona Republic, the city's police department reported that accidents at intersections with red-light cameras more ...

Ticket Cameras Used To Convict Drivers Without Their Knowledge

The law in the state of Oregon (and other states as well) simply says that citations "may be delivered by mail." There is an article on OregonLive.com today that illustrates why this is a major flaw in Oregon's red-light camera ...

Short Yellow Light Times No Longer Going Unnoticed

There was an excellent editorial in the Wall Street Journal today on the topic of ticket cameras and short yellow light times. This is part of an increasing trend in ticket camera press coverage. Two years ago, the press never mentioned ...