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California courts are split on the issue of whether US Supreme Court precedent invalidates evidence typically provided by red light cameras. The Court of Appeal issued a pair of contradictory rulings within a few weeks.
"The city is notifying offenders by mail that they have until the due date stated in the letter to pay the fines," a Las Cruces press release warned. "Failure to comply will result in termination of utilities services."
An Arizona lawmaker ran a red light in Scottsdale earlier this year, and it was all caught on camera. Ironically, he's proposing a change in the law at the same time.
Recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to install up to 1800 speed cameras across the city in order to improve safety for children. But as is common with Chicago politics, the whole thing stinks of corruption and dishonesty.
In what may be the first test of Twitter‘s new international censorship strategy, Brazil is suing the company over tweets that warn drivers of police roadblocks and speed traps. The suit is also going after users who compose the tweets. Brazil’s g
Anyone in California snapped violating a red light pays a fine of $480, and according to the traffic-watch site TheNewspaper.com, no other jurisdiction anywhere has a tab that high. The second-highest fine in the United States is $250, and it is usua
The city council has been searching for a justification to continue with the automated ticketing program which was expected to yield $5 million in revenue last year. City leaders showed no concern about early signs that the program failed to live up
It looks like we're soon to have the Liberty vs. Security debate once again in Kansas City now that new surveillance tech seems to be back on the table. Add this new effort to Red Light Cameras and local Liberty activists really do seem to have a
Residents of Austin, Texas may soon have the power to issue parking tickets by taking a few photographs of someone else's car with their smartphones. A unanimous council explored the concept of deputizing vigilante meter maids using an iPhone app.
Vigilantes attempted to destroy a speed camera in Malchow, Germany October 29. Tires were placed around the automated ticketing machine on Autobahn 19 toward Muritz. Firefighters arrived in time to extinguish the blaze and limit the damage to the dev
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An Arizona-based traffic enforcement-camera company last year tried to enlist Mukilteo's mayor in finding somebody from the community "to use" in bringing a lawsuit that attempted to block a vote on an anti-camera initiative.
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Star Valley is 0-3 for photo enforcement appeals. On Wednesday, May 11, a Payson superior court judge reversed two more lower court speeding tickets.
One Photography is Not a Crime reader living in California has been doing his best to inform people that they do not have to pay these fines. And naturally, he’s been harassed by police for doing so, including 2 occasions where he was ordered to stop
What does one do when they are universally hated but has a lot of stolen money and the backing of banking/investing mega corporate-conglomerate Goldman Sachs? Buy “friends.”
Three years ago, when Lakeway resident Lance Mitchell launched his website, SpeedTrapAhead.org, he didn't hide his intentions. "Not a lot of people flash their lights to warn others nowadays," he wrote. "But, I DO! And when I see a speed trap, I g
A Denver parking enforcement officer took revenge on a driver who called him a "meter maid" by asking a co-worker to write the driver a false parking ticket. The officers then mailed the $150 handicapped parking ticket late, so the fine doubled.
After assuming that only wild creatures would witness her car roll through a remote stop sign, Wilson was stunned weeks later to get four tickets in the mail totaling $700. A hidden camera had captured her infractions on video. "I was totally shoc
(Article w/ Video Link) A big-screen remake of 1930s superhero “The Green Hornet” is set for release in January of 2011, and the producers of the film are using the violent destruction of a “red light camera” as the ending action sequence (video) in
A man accused of killing the operator of a speed-camera van while he was on duty along a Phoenix freeway has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
You let a friend borrow your car. A few weeks later you get a ticket in the mail with a picture of the car running a red light. You know you were not driving the car, but now you're stuck with a ticket and have to prove your innocence.
A ballot initiative to outlaw photo radar and red light cameras cleared a handful of hurdles and submitted the required number of signatures to put the matter before voters. But that’s not good enough for ATS, the Scottsdale-based firm which speci
But the thought that public officials will do the right thing and avoid entangling alliances with dubious foreign-owned corporations is a pipe-dream. Let us not forget or allow any politician from this day forward in any city, in any state, to ignore
Arizona's Photo Radar - Olivia Munn explores the debate between Arizona's highway safety and the invasion of privacy. (05:19)
Dear Editor: We here in Oregon have been fighting the powers that be for our rights to travel. In this process of research and investigating this issue for the past 15 years, we have documented proof of racketeering, perjury, criminal official miscon
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Los Angeles' red-light camera program was temporarily exempted Wednesday from the city's contracting boycott of Arizona prompted by that state's new immigration enforcement policy.
What do you call people who talk tough when it comes to a boycott over Arizona’s SB1070 but can’t seem to get enough of the stolen money they procure through automated ticketing? The entire Los Angeles City Council.
Brian McCrary found the perfect venue to gripe about a $90 speeding ticket when he went to the Bluff City Police Department’s website, saw that its domain name was about to expire, and bought it right out from under the city’s nose.
