Ticket Cameras Used To Convict Drivers Without Their Knowledge
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 20 Comments »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 ...
Watch Your Wallet When Driving Through These 10 States
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Helpful Information | 77 Comments »With the first major driving holiday of the summer season approaching, we have analyzed the laws across the country to determine the best and the worst states when it comes to exploiting the motoring public. These state rankings were calculated using ...
Short Yellow Light Times No Longer Going Unnoticed
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 6 Comments »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 ...
Ticket Camera Scams Are Plentiful In The D.C. Area
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 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 ...
Bernie Madoff & Red-Light Cameras
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 4 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President For ten years there were credible investigators and investors telling federal regulatory agencies that Bernard Madoff could not be doing what he claimed to be doing, and that in all probability that he was running a ...
FCC Conspires To Protect Ticket Camera Corporation
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 9 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The Federal Communications Commission, in the dying days of the Republican administration, has added yet another reason to clear the decks in Washington, D.C. and start all over with a new cast of characters. In a duplicitous, ...
St. Louis Aldermen Don’t Have To Worry About Paying Tickets
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 1 Comment »News stories like this one from STLtoday.com are infuriatingly common. Keep this in mind when you hear a city council enthusiastically praising the idea of installing ticket cameras. Here's an excerpt: When the push to install red-light cameras came to City ...
City Of Scottsdale, Arizona Lies To Drivers To Get Their Money
Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Speed Cameras | 5 Comments »Anyone who has the misfortune of having to drive in Scottsdale, Arizona should read this story from the Phoenix New Times. Here's an excerpt: Here's one way to get people to pay their photo enforcement tickets or waive their right to ...
Texas DOT Red-Light Camera Report Seriously Flawed
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Guest Article by NMA Member, Greg Mauz “Analysis on the Effectiveness of Photographic Traffic Signal Enforcement Systems in Texas” contains more integrity problems than almost any report I have ever analyzed concerning red-light ticket cameras. Biases and conflicts of interest abound. Texas ...
Red-Light Cameras Do Not Reduce Right Angle Crashes
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 6 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President It seems that the most implausible myths are the hardest ones to kill off. Other than within the institutional capital of the Flat Earth Society, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, it is generally accepted that red ...
