Archive for the ‘Speed Limits’ Category

Why it’s right to challenge speed camera claims

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=14688  August 20, 2010  The public should be wary of claims of ‘success’ by the road safety industry regarding speed cameras – or ‘safety cameras’ as they prefer to call them, writes Malcolm Heymer, former highway engineer and traffic management adviser to the Association of British Drivers When the Association of British Drivers (ABD) was [...]

August 28, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
Posted in: Engineering Standards, Government Revenue Scam, Police State, Red Light Cameras, Speed Limits, Ticket Cameras

Traffic Cameras Worldwide Go Haywire; People Falsely Accused

Speed cameras and red light cameras in the US and Australia accused innocent motorists of wrongdoing.Speed cameras in California, Florida and Australia are not living up to their image of providing infallible evidence of traffic crimes. To the contrary, officials must find clever excuses to cover for the mistakes that are uncovered with increasing frequency. [...]

July 19, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Charlack Will Use Speed Cameras on 170 Despite Criticism

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/07/charlack_will_use_speed_cameras_despite_criticism.php By Chad Garrison, Tue., Jul. 13 2010 @ 7:40AM Charlack is pushing ahead with the use controversial speed cameras along its quarter-mile section of Highway 170 in north St. Louis County. The cameras began issuing tickets last week. Charlack’s mayor and police chief tell the Post-Dispatch this morning that the sole purpose of the [...]

July 15, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Rental Car Companies Turn In Own Customers To Photo Ticket Firm

There’s a real simple way to resolve this $30 charge issue.  File a charge back with your credit card company.  Even if they side with the ticket camera company it will cost the camera company $20 for each chargeback they receive.  Eventually it will be so unprofitable for the camera companies that they will stop. [...]

July 8, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
Posted in: Camera Companies, Government Revenue Scam, Red Light Cameras, Speed Limits, Speeding Ticket, Ticket Cameras

New York Avenue at Bladensburg: Hit the gas, and speed cameras hit back

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062504987.html  By Ashley Halsey III  Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 26, 2010 Drivers call it the “free at last” traffic light. After doing the stop-and-go head bobble all the way from downtown, when they reach the light at Bladensburg Road they feel they’ve earned their freedom from the purgatory of New York Avenue. They [...]

June 29, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Man takes over Bluff City, TN police website after it expires

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100607/NEWS01/100607009

June 8, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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AAA seeking veto on red light cameras

By JAMES A. JONES JR  Published: Tuesday, May. 11, 2010 MANATEE — The AAA Auto Club South revealed Monday that it has urged Gov. Charlie Crist to veto the red light camera bill. Sterling Ivey of the governor’s press office said in an e-mail Monday evening that Crist is reviewing the bill and has until [...]

May 11, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Police Union boss Ian Leavers failed to report sex and stripper scandal in cop car

From: The Courier-Mail May 10, 2010 9:59PM LESSON LEARNT: Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers was reprimanded in 2001 for failing to report a fellow officer’s sex tryst in a police vehicle. Picture: Liam Kidston Source: The Courier-Mail POLICE Union president Ian Leavers was officially reprimanded for failing to report a sex tryst in a [...]

May 11, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Maryland Speed Camera Program Faces New Legal Challenge

Speed camera tickets issued on the weekend in Maryland may be thrown out in court over a lack of calibration. Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:03 AM PDT Vehicle owners ticketed by Maryland speed cameras may find relief after one motorist earlier this month discovered how to beat the system. Peggy Lucero began her legal battle [...]

April 30, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Jupiter dentist takes to road to protest Juno Beach speeder-catching van

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/jupiter-dentist-takes-to-road-to-protest-juno-240900.html

February 16, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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