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Why Did It Take Nearly 30 Years To Fix A Simple Speed Limit Sign?

Posted on April 20th, 2010 in , , | 17 Comments
In a case that illustrates just how few drivers stand up for their rights in court, a woman in Milwaukie, Oregon successfully got her traffic fine erased after figuring out that the speed limit was posted incorrectly. The road was ...

Speed Camera Tickets Parked Car Twice

Posted on January 26th, 2010 in , | 62 Comments
According to a story on The Daily Telegraph, a speed camera in the UK ticketed a local man twice for exceeding the speed limit while parked in front of his own house: Jeff Buck parks in front of the camera outside ...

Everybody Loves (To Destroy) Ticket Cameras

Posted on January 5th, 2010 in , | 6 Comments
Ticket camera corporations like to put out press releases and pay for biased surveys that show that ticket cameras are well-liked by the general public. The reality is that this is far from the truth. This is borne out by ...

MD Cities Create Fake School Zones To Install Speed Cameras

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 in | 44 Comments
According to TheNewspaper.com, Maryland cities will create brand new "school zones" in an attempt to issue speed camera tickets on roads that previously had no need of the designation. The speed cameras were authorized six months ago after intensive lobbying efforts ...

The Truth About Speed Cameras: They Don’t Work

Posted on August 11th, 2009 in | 68 Comments
Anyone who believes that speed cameras have a large impact on the speed of the vehicles on a freeway should check out this study published last month. In order to evaluate how effective speed cameras are at reducing driver speeds, Craig ...

School Is Never Out For Speed Cameras

Posted on July 28th, 2009 in , | 14 Comments
A popular way for ticket camera manufacturers to "get their foot in door" and quiet opposition of speed cameras in a city is to mention that the cameras will be installed in school zones. After all, what politician wants to ...

A Speeding Ticket By Mail? It Could Happen To You This Holiday Weekend

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 in , , | 14 Comments
This is our most recent national press release. Feel free to forward it your friends who may be traveling this holiday weekend. The Fourth of July is one of the busiest traffic days of the year and many motorists will be ...

Majority Of Speed Camera Photos In Arizona Are Unusable

Posted on May 19th, 2009 in , | 5 Comments
The Arizona Republic did an analysis of the speed camera program and concluded that the majority of photos had to be thrown out. Here's an excerpt: Motorists activated photo-enforcement cameras on Arizona highways more than 471,000 times from December through February ...

Washington Department Of Transportation Outsources Its Disingenuous Quotes To Ticket Camera Company

Posted on May 5th, 2009 in | 6 Comments
The Washington Department of Transportation has installed speed cameras on Interstate 5 in Maytown south of Olympia, Washington where road crews are working on a project. The speed limit in the work zone has been reduced from 70 to 60. This ...

Ticket Camera Scams Are Plentiful In The D.C. Area

Posted on February 17th, 2009 in , | 2 Comments
A new website, launched in January, is documenting the various ticket camera scams in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. It's called CameraFraud DC and is an offshoot of the successful CameraFraud movement started in Arizona. Here a few of the ...




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