When will Ohio municipalities ever learn? The Ohio Supreme Court has been working overtime on automated enforcement cases brought by motorists against cities and townships across the state. Justice would be better served if the state prohibited ticket cameras altogether. The difficulty is that the larger cities in Ohio have home-rule authority, i.e., they set […]
6 Blog Posts From the Automated Traffic Cameras Tag
Speed Camera Games Played for Profits in Ohio: NMA E-Newsletter #650
June 28, 2021 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Cameras, Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
How a Surveillance State Affects Motorists’ Privacy?
November 18, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, ALPR, Automated Traffic Cameras, DMV, DRONES, E-ZPass, Facial Recognition, NMA, Parking, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Street Lights, Technology, Toll Roads, TOLLING, Traffic Tickets
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director and Joe Cadillic of the Mass Privatel Blog First of all, let’s define a surveillance state, which will ultimately help us understand how a surveillance state affects motorists’ privacy. A 2013 Privacy International Blog took on that task with a look towards the United Kingdom. The UK data protection […]
ATE Racket Report for November 11, 2019
November 11, 2019 • 0 Comments • ACLU, Automated Traffic Cameras, Automated Traffic Enforcement, BODY CAMERAS, DUE PROCESS, Facial Recognition, LEGISLATION, license plate readers, NMA, PRIVACY, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, School Bus Cameras, Speed Cameras, Technology, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
Curated by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our supporters in a more coherent up-to-date fashion. We love to hear from you about the report. Please feel free to comment below the […]
Are Drivers Losing the War on Cars?
January 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Cameras, Bicycle, Driver's License, Gas Tax, LETTER WRITING, NMA, Policing for Profit, Red-Light Cameras, Road Diets, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TOLL, Toll Roads, VISION ZERO
This piece first appeared as weekly NMA E-Newsletter #511 on October 28, 2018. Even though drivers constitute what should be the largest voting block in the country, you would never know it by apathetic motorists who drive blissfully unaware until they are confronted with the reality of the war on cars—which is essentially an effort […]
Pay and pray
Bridgeport, Connecticut discovered what happens when the law is enforced. People would drive into the city, and if they survived to drive away would get a ticket in the mail for violating a parking ordinance. After that they might not drive back. The beginning is a familiar story. A company came to elected officials with […]
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