Officials in the US, UK and Australia are forced to refund inaccurate or illegally issued red light camera and speed camera tickets.
In the past week, thousands of vehicle owners across the US, England and Australia will receive refunds after officials admitted that the automated citations they received were either bogus or issued contrary to law. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, the red light cameras operated by Redflex Traffic Systems were ticketing drivers who stopped before turning right on red. Despite making perfectly legal and safe turns at Independence Boulevard and Bonney Road, vehicle owners were receiving tickets from the Australian company, WVEC-TV reported. Virginia Beach police claimed that they “reviewed” every citation before it was mailed, yet they failed to prevent innocent owners from being ticketed