Arizona, Australia: Bogus Camera Tickets Issued, Refunded

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/32/3210.asp Australian officials refund bogus speed camera tickets. Arizona mails them out anyway.Officials in Tasmania, Australia last week reluctantly admitted that some of its speed cameras produced unreliable readings. The automated ticketing machines on Tasman Bridge were found to be issuing speeding tickets to vehicles that were not speeding, forcing a refund of 440 tickets [...]

July 24, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Ohio Appeals Court Green Lights Traffic Camera Suit

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 02:44 AM PDT Ohio’s second highest court on Thursday ruled that a constitutional challenge to photo enforcement should proceed. Attorney Jeffrey Posner had appealed a speed camera ticket he received from a private contractor operating in Cleveland on the grounds that the way the private firm handled the evidence undermined his [...]

July 5, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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California: Appellate Decision Strikes Down Red Light Camera Evidence

This case is huge!!!!!!  It addresses many of the legal arguments that camera opponents have been trying to have properly adjudicated for years. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3164.asp Three-judge appellate panel finds a total lack of evidence from Santa Ana, California red light camera program. Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:41 AM PDT Appellate courts in California are becoming increasingly [...]

June 11, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Accuracy and Legal Problems in Photo Tickets Across the Country

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3126.asp Bogus photo enforcement tickets issued in Arizona, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Washington state and the UK. Posted: 01 May 2010 01:09 AM PDT In the past few weeks, motorists in Arizona, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Washington state and the UK discovered that they had been wrongly issued red light camera and speed camera tickets. [...]

May 7, 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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Car theft victim received scamera ticket, has difficulty getting it dismissed.

Harris: No to red light cameras ERWIN – It was last June when a Unicoi County man’s vehicle was stolen. While driving the stolen vehicle, the car thief, who was later arrested and convicted, apparently ran a red light in Morristown – a traffic signal that was equipped with a red light camera. The theft [...]

March 22, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Attorney Takes On Orleans Parish Red Light Cameras

Attorney Joe McMahon Filed Lawsuits To Have Tickets Thrown Out POSTED: 10:40 pm CST March 4, 2010 UPDATED: 12:41 am CST March 5, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — A local attorney who has waged war on red light cameras in Jefferson and Lafayette parishes is now taking on Orleans Parish. Joe McMahon won a battle in [...]

March 5, 2010 · Tona · 9 Comments
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Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down Red Light Cameras

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST The supreme court of Missouri sent photo enforcement companies scrambling on Monday after it declared the red light camera administrative hearing process in the city of Springfield to be void. The high court moved with unusual speed, handing down a strongly worded, unanimous decision about one month after [...]

March 3, 2010 · Tona · No Comments
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Judge: Aventura’s red light cameras are by invalid by state law

BY JARED GOYETTE jgoyette@MiamiHerald.com In a ruling that could have implications for other cities, a circuit court judge ruled Monday morning that the city of Aventura cannot use cameras to catch red light runners. The city can appeal the ruling by Circuit Court Judge Jerald Bagley, and the judge’s decision has no bearing on other [...]

February 24, 2010 · Tona · One Comment
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Redflex Profit Nosedives as Motorists Ignore Photo Tickets

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:04 AM PST As the recession continues, more and more motorists have decided to ignore red light camera and speed camera tickets issued by private companies like Redflex Traffic Systems. According to a report issued earlier today by the Australian photo enforcement giant, such non-payment contributed to a significant drop in [...]

December 23, 2009 · Tona · No Comments
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