Last week, Daniel Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer publicized the story of a local driver who was unjustly ticketed: Mike Kochkodin didn’t think his car blew the traffic signal on Roosevelt Boulevard. But a few days after the white light flashed, a $100 ticket arrived by mail at his Central Pennsylvania home. […] When the […]
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Ticket Cameras May Be Used To Enforce Text Messaging Laws
The city of Scottsdale, Arizona is considering using its ticket cameras to enforce distracted driving laws. Yes, the same cameras that are frequently unable to identify the drivers of vehicles may be used to check for text messaging behind the wheel. From the East Valley Tribune: Photo enforcement cameras in Scottsdale are capable of detecting […]
Red-Light Camera Contracts Incentivize Ticketing Innocent Drivers
TheNewspaper.com recently published an interesting story on red-light camera ticket quotas in Los Angeles County and Roseville, California. The quota is explained in this excerpt: The contract sets as the baseline that the company must issue 25 tickets for every 100 alleged violations recorded by the machine. These recordings include any number of situations where […]
9 Ways To Improve Traffic Safety That The Government Will Ignore Because They Are Too Busy Ticketing You
September 4, 2008 • 0 Comments • Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Toll Roads, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration
The Federal Highway Administration has strongly recommended nine tools for decreasing road fatalities. You can find them at the end of this article. Most of these tools are fairly basic and simple to implement. So why aren’t they already universally used? They’re not universally used because they don’t make money for anyone. The government (local, […]
Ticket Camera Bias Uncovered At The Orlando Sentinel
To stay informed on the latest news about issues important to National Motorists Association members, we keep tabs on multiple news sources around the country. Because of our strong opposition to red light ticket cameras, we monitor news on this topic very thoroughly. Over the past couple years, we’ve noticed a suspicious number of ticket […]
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