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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

58% Of People Who Fought Traffic Tickets In Washington D.C. Won

How likely is it that I'll win if I fight my traffic ticket in court? This is a question we get a lot and the truth is that it varies pretty wildly depending on the location. It's rare to get a ...

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

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

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 ...

Tennessee Ticket Cameras: Can You Solve This Puzzle?

Last week, as way to turn down the heat from the general public, the Tennessee House Transportation Committee approved a two-year moratorium on new red light cameras and speed cameras. However, they protected the state's current ticket camera programs by ensuring ...

Everybody Loves (To Destroy) Ticket Cameras

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 ...

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 ...

MD Cities Create Fake School Zones To Install Speed Cameras

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 ...