9 Cities Where Citizens Voted To Ban Ticket Cameras
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 4 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 ...
MD Cities Create Fake School Zones To Install Speed Cameras
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 23 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 ...
What Should Cities Do If 90% Of Drivers Exceed The Speed Limit?
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Speed Limits | 34 Comments »According to an article on Chattanoogan.com, a recent traffic study performed on Signal Mountain, Tennessee's roads showed that more than 90% of drivers exceeded the posted speed limit. Can you guess what the city's response was to this fact? If you guessed ...
The Truth About Speed Cameras: They Don’t Work
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 67 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
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 13 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
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 13 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 ...
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 ...
Majority Of Speed Camera Photos In Arizona Are Unusable
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 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
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 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 ...
