March 9, 2014 • Corruption,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
ILLINOIS,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
RIGHT-TURN-ON-RED,
RTOR,
TICKET CAMERA,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TICKET FINES,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA The City of Chicago stiff armed Jamal Norwood. Norwood received a red-light camera ticket for making a right-turn-on-red at the intersection of Austin Avenue and Irving Park Road at 5:31 am Dec. 6. The city claimed he didn’t come to a complete stop. But this video, analyzed by NMA Illinois Activist and forensic video expert […]
October 13, 2013 • 85TH PERCENTILE,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
NEWSLETTER,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SAFETY,
SHORT YELLOW LIGHT,
SPEED LIMIT,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
YELLOW LIGHT,
YELLOW LIGHT TIMING,
YELLOW LIGHTS By Gary Biller, NMA President At the heart of the red-light camera debate is the signal timing for the yellow light. Do the cameras improve intersection safety by modifying driver behavior through punishment or are they a financial windfall for local and state governments and the for-profit camera companies? The answer depends largely on whether […]
July 22, 2013 • CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
SPEED LIMIT,
SPEED TRAP,
TICKET FIGHTING,
TICKET REVENUE,
VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN We’ve all seen those “Speed Enforced by Aircraft” signs, and the first question that comes to mind is: Do they actually still do that? The answer is yes, but probably not as much as you think. Airplanes are expensive to maintain and operate ($150-$200 per hour, not including labor costs). Budget constraints in recent years […]
Already bruised by an ongoing bribery scandal, the City of Chicago’s red-light camera program took another body blow recently, thanks to the city’s own Office of Inspector General (IGO). The IGO conducted an audit of the Chicago’s red-light program to “determine if red-light camera installations were made based on the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) stated primary criterion […]
March 24, 2013 • CALIFORNIA,
CIVIL,
DUE PROCESS,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
LEGISLATION,
NEW YORK,
NEWSLETTER,
Parking,
RED LIGHT CAMERA,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA Profiteers from photo tickets, whether camera companies like ATS or Redflex, or the communities who plan on red-light and speed camera ticket revenue to prop up their budget deficits, would have you believe otherwise. They are waging an ongoing (a…
