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 ...
Speed Limit Signs Used To Research Speed Enforcement
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in Speed Cameras | 3 Comments »The police in Pelham, New Hampshire are using speed limit warning signs to track motorist speeds in school zones. Here's an excerpt from The Eagle Tribune: Two new signs can now track speeders in Pelham's school zone. The signs have flashing lights ...
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, ...
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 ...
Ticket Cameras May Be Used To Enforce Text Messaging Laws
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in Speed Cameras | 8 Comments »The city of Scottsdale, Arizona is considering using its ticket cameras to enforce distracted driving laws. Yes, the same cameras that are frequently unable to identify the drivers of vehicles may be used to check for text messaging behind the ...
9 Ways To Improve Traffic Safety That The Government Will Ignore Because They Are Too Busy Ticketing You
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 12 Comments »The Federal Highway Administration has strongly recommended nine tools for decreasing road fatalities. You can find them at the end of this article. Most of these tools are fairly basic and simple to implement. So why aren't they already universally ...
How To Give Out 178,000 Traffic Tickets And Accomplish Nothing
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Speed Cameras | 68 Comments »Just ask Montgomery County, Maryland, they seem to have it figured out. The Washington Examiner had a story today that mentioned that Montgomery County speed cameras, in action for nine months now, were averaging 20,000 tickets per month and that, ...
The Real Reason Ken Livingstone Lost
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Speed Cameras | 4 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President The recent elections in Great Britain have been touted as a reaction to a slowing economy, declining housing values, and rising jobless rates. Of particular note was the sacking of the high profile mayor of ...
