Red Light Camera Wrongly Tickets Woman Who Was Out Of State
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 8 Comments »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
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 22 Comments »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
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 6 Comments »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
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 21 Comments »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
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 12 Comments »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
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 39 Comments »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
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 28 Comments »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 ...
Illinois Red Light Cameras: Anatomy Of A Scam
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 15 Comments »Last week, the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune each ran lengthy articles exposing the "dirty little secret" behind red-light cameras in Illinois suburbs. While the cameras were sold on the idea that they would ticket reckless drivers who blow ...
Toss Your Virginia Red-Light Camera Ticket?
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »The Washington Post had an interesting editorial last week that mentioned a little-known aspect of the red-light camera program in Alexandria, Virginia: As The Washington Times reported four years ago, state law says a private company may not simply drop a ...
Traffic Enforcement Dollars And Cents
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 12 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Do you think it is ever a good idea to tie a money incentive to law enforcement of any kind? Not me. It is a guarantee of corruption and abuse. (See also: The War on Drugs.) Let's ...
