This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: The city of Asheville, North Carolina, recently announced it was refunding fines for approximately 500 speeding tickets. An audit revealed that the tickets had been issued using improperly calibrated radar guns or by officers […]
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NMA Reboot: How to Rig the Speed Camera Game
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: We all know that ticket camera companies and their public official partners have to rig the game to make money. Such is the case with Chicago’s extensive speed camera network where the placement of […]
NMA Reboot: Ticket Surcharges are Punitive and Counterproductive
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: The LA Times just ran this editorial decrying the excessive surcharges added to ordinary traffic tickets. The Times points out that surcharges make up about 80 percent of the total ticket cost, so a […]
NMA Reboot: We Settled the Red-Light Camera Debate Long Ago
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Red-light cameras are returning to Fayetteville, North Carolina, this summer after nearly an eight-year absence. The reason? State lawmakers changed the funding formula specifically for Fayetteville and made cameras profitable again. In 2005, the […]
NMA Speed Trap Spotlight: Iowa
In March, the Iowa Department of Transportation shut down 10 of 34 speed cameras on or near Iowa’s major highways because they had no positive safety impact. Communities affected include Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Muscatine and Sioux City, and several have filed appeals to keep the cameras flashing. This is just the […]
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