New device overrides your gas pedal

02-01-2008 • Edmonton Journal

Vehicles of chronic speeders could one day be outfitted with special devices which would automatically slow them down if they exceeded the posted speed limit.

Arizona Speed Cameras Expect $165 Million Annual Revenue

01-19-2008 • TheNewspaper.com

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano announced on Friday her expectation that the state's new freeway speed cameras would generate $90 million in net profit for fiscal year 2009, plus $34 million for the private companies selected to operate the pro

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano announced on Friday her expectation that the state's new freeway speed cameras would generate $90 million in net profit for fiscal year 2009, plus $34 million for the private companies selected to operate the program

Gilbert officer Chad Wright has history of complaints

01-06-2008 • East Valley Tribune

A Gilbert police officer accused of racial profiling last month after he had the car of a visiting Mexican family towed has a history of citizen complaints, including two other racial profiling claims.

National Motorist Association Offers $10,000 Red Light Camera Challenge

01-03-2008 • NMA

The National Motorists Association is so sure that engineering solutions are the real way to prevent red-light violations and accidents at problematic intersections. they're willing to wager $10,000 to prove engineering works better than ticket

Virginia Legislator Proposes Laws Directly Benefiting His Law Firm

01-02-2008 • The Agitator

"Not mentioned in the article linked above is the fact that David Albo is a partner in one of the largest law firms in the D.C. area that specializes in people facing steep traffic penalties."

Angry Populace Burning British Surveillance Cameras

12-24-2007 • Wired

(Woah. This looks like a sport with a bright future.) "Motorists Against Detection, the vigilante anti-speed camera group announced a summer of MADness which will see them target for destruction all speed cameras. ... a period of zero tolerance

City Caught Manipulating Yellow Light Time for Big Profit

12-20-2007 • The Newspaper

By slicing the amount of warning time available to motorists from 3.6 seconds to 3.0 seconds for several months, the intersection of Glenview Drive and Booth Calloway Road generated an estimated $300,000 in extra photo ticket revenue.

California: Red Light Camera Goes Wild

12-13-2007 • The Newspaper

In addition to other problems, the camera is generating tickets for shoppers making legal right turns on red and ticketing motorists who roll forward before the light turns green. Capitola police claim they are "catching" the tickets before

Meter maid does undercover cop. Undercover cop does meter maid.

12-11-2007 • The Newspaper

A stubborn meter maid in Bayonne, New Jersey was arrested Friday after her insistence on issuing a parking ticket allegedly interfered with a police sting operation (not quite sure who to root for here:)

Beating Civil Traffic Tickets - Part 2 impeach a witness

12-6-2007 • Youtube

There is usually only 1 witness against you in a traffic case. How easy it is to impeach a police officer by asking only 2 questions. This requires the "judge" to strike the witness's testimony. Remember though, traffic courts are scams

1300 Bogus Speed Camera Tickets Issued

12-03-2007 • The Newspaper

Leeper, who left the Albuquerque Police Department last year, had been accused of driving 42 MPH in a 40 MPH construction zone. The camera, however, had been set to ticket people exceeding 30 MPH, even though there was no 30 MPH sign posted.

Speeding Ticket Taser

11-21-2007 • YouTube

UHP (Utah Highway Patrol) tasers man in front of pregnant wife and baby over an alleged speeding ticket. Outraged? Call the Vernal, Utah UHP Office and let them know!

Multiple speed cameras in UK, Australia attacked by enraged residents

11-19-2007 • The Newspaper

Residents in the UK continue attacks on fixed speed cameras while a man was arrested yesterday for smashing a mobile speed camera in Australia.

Speed Camera Tickets Toddler

11-18-2007 • The Newspaper

A UK speed camera accused a two-year-old of speeding 25 MPH over the limit. On October 31, police mailed a notice of intended prosecution to "Miss Ayesha Khan" claiming the toddler had been clocked at 65 MPH in a 40 zone

Arizona Begins Statewide Speed Camera Push

11-16-2007 • The Newspaper

Opening of statewide photo radar program in Arizona highlights how easily media are deceived.

The Roads Have Eyes, Part Two

11-07-2007 • The Newspaper

Part Two of a two-part editorial by Richard Diamond detailing problems of fairness and accuracy that come with reliance upon photo enforcement.

The Roads Have Eyes, Part One

11-06-2007 • The Newspaper

Part One of a two-part editorial by Richard Diamond detailing problems of fairness and accuracy that come with reliance upon photo enforcement.

Cop falsifies arrest to justify car search

10-31-2007 • The Newspaper

"Even though I'm writing this ticket, I need to arrest him so I can get in that car to search it," Officer Hoyt explained to Officer Williams in a conversation beyond Moore's hearing. The search found nothing.

Mesa plans photo-camera revenue changes to recoup alleged "losses"

10-25-2007 • AZ Central

After swearing up and down that red light and speeding cameras were all about safety and not revenue, the city of Mesa is revamping their photo-camera enforcement system to shake down the traveling public for even more of their hard earned federal re

Stockton, California Report Shows Accidents Jump With Cameras

10-24-2007 • The Newspaper

Stockton, California intends on expanding red light camera program after report shows an increase in accidents and fatalities

Car Ticketed for Running a Yellow Light

10-19-2007 • The Newspaper

A red light camera in Arnold, Missouri ticketed a man faced with both a yellow and a red light. Turns out, this isn't a rare occurrence. To increase ticket revenue, camera trigger times are set faster than the lights can respond to change signals

New Mexico: Photo enforcement generating millions

10-09-2007 • The Newspaper

Albuquerque, New Mexico's photo enforcement program has generated more the $10.6 million in revenue over the past two years. The city's Office of Internal Audit and Investigations examined accounting records last month to determine

Prescott Begins Freeway Speed Camera Project

09-17-2007 • The Newspaper

The town of Prescott Valley is preparing to add speed cameras to the freeways that run through the town beginning October 6. The program is a joint project with the state Departments of Public Safety and Transportation.

Hungry for highway heists, Napolitano signs freeway speed camera contract

09-03-2007 • The Newspaper

The state will allow Redflex to run a pair of speed camera vans on roads anywhere in the state where they might generate significant revenue. The cameras are merely the first installment in a more comprehensive plan by Governor Janet Napolitano

AAA Screws Customers, Lobbies Hard for Speeding Ticket Tax

08-28-2007 • The Newspaper

On June 28, AAA had given unreserved praise for all aspects of the speeding ticket tax which the group had used its substantial lobbying clout to help enact.