Carter County Man Receives Kingsport Red Light Camera Ticket By Mistake
A red light camera in Kingsport, Tennessee wrongly accused Ray Tolley, 89, of running a red light. According to WJHL-TV, Tolley received a ticket in the mail accusing him of blowing through an intersection on red in a white Ford Mustang. Tolley owns a blue 1990 Ford pickup truck, and the octogenarian rarely drives. His son, David, who was forced to fight the ticket on his father’s behalf, discovered the license plate on the pickup was off by one digit. The Kingsport police, who claim to diligently review every ticket, did not notice that the ticket claimed the Mustang in the photograph was a "pickup" truck.
It appears that the Kingsport, TN Police did review the evidence and found that a white Ford Mustang and a black 1990 Ford pickup is close enough.
89-year old
Ray Tolley states that he visited Kingsport about 35 years ago and his pickup has not been started since last fall.
It appears that the Kingsport Police is rubber-stamping the data submitted by camera vender Redflex as the gospel. The photo on the right is from the Kingsport Police Department web page.
The majority of elders that are 89 years of age would have paid the ticket. I have a difficult time understanding how they keep up with their telephone bills and other statements that are delivered in the US mail. There are soooo many fees and taxes and excise charges , etc. FEE GRABBERS, As my daddy says.