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Another Ticket Camera Success Story

By James Baxter, NMA President The report is in from Baytown, TX, on the results of the city’s red light ticket camera program. The camera proponents are going to be hard pressed to lavish praise on the results: 40 percent increase in total ...

The Rise Of The Ticket Camera “Front Group”

By Jim Baxter, NMA President Recently, groups opposed to the use of ticket cameras have discovered that companies that promote and profit from the installation of ticket camera systems have been setting up fake organizations, or “front groups” to convey the ...

19 Interesting Driving-Related Legal Rulings From This Year

There are hundreds of motorists-related cases that come through the court system each year, but most never attract the attention of the average motorist. What follows is a collection of interesting legal rulings from this year that you may not ...

Columbus, Ohio: Innocent Or Not, You’re Paying Us

If you've read any of our articles in the past, you know that red light ticket cameras have a way of helping city council members forget about basic due process rights. This story from 10TV News in Ohio shows that Columbus, ...

Courts Flooded With Ticket Camera Appeals

Here at the National Motorists Association, we've long worried about the apathy of the average driver when it comes to fighting traffic tickets. Many people just bite the bullet and pay their tickets without going to court at all. However, with ...

Florida Governor Crist, Are You Paying Attention?

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director Former Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist ruled that using red-light ticket cameras on state roads was illegal. Current Governor Crist just signed a bill into law reversing his prior position. It is too ...

Making Functional Laws Dysfunctional

By Jim Baxter, NMA President There are many traffic laws that function reasonably well---as long as they are not strictly enforced. Enforcing “the letter of the law” can make a reasonable regulation unreasonable. Prior to the passage of the National Maximum Speed ...

Red Light Cameras: The Media Wakes Up

Until recently, the media has generally supported red-light cameras. In past years, they would often print quotes from the ticket camera companies as fact, they didn't question the statistics given to them by local government, and any dissenting opinions were relegated ...

How To Turn A Red Light Camera Into A Cash Machine In Three Easy Steps

Ticket camera corporations like Redflex and American Traffic Solutions are great at extracting the most money possible from drivers in the cities that they partner with. Unfortunately for them -- and fortunately for anyone who values justice -- their  biggest ...

City Manipulates Report To Make Ticket Cameras Appear Useful

How do you make a 17.9% increase in crashes look like a success? Make up a formula that says so. A recent report by a citizen of Las Cruces, New Mexico illustrates how far cities are willing to go to protect ...