If you have been following the red-light cameras scene….you should check out the following link below.
California Court of Appeal declines traffic camera company request to depublish Santa Ana appellate decision.
California’s second highest court on Wednesday upheld the publication status of a key decision that called into question the legitimacy of red light camera evidence. The state Court of Appeal rejected the request of the cities of Santa Ana and Menlo Park to depublish a May appellate ruling of the Orange County Superior Court (view the California v. Khaled decision) that found the red light camera photographs presented as evidence in court were inadmissible hearsay.
Read more via California Court of Appeal Publishes Red Light Camera Hearsay Decision.
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One thing that does bother me with photo enforcement is if someone borrowed my car tag and put it on another car which was just like mine. Or take a picture of my car tag, print a good quality digital reproduction and put it on a similar vehicle. I can’t claim my car was reported stolen since they just borrowed my tag and returned it and I was not aware of it . I can’t claim someone else was driving and it looks like I have no recourse. I can just see the discussion now. Is this your tag number? Yes! Do you drive a green 1951 Ford? Yes! Did anyone else drive your car on that day? No, it was parked in my driveway all night! Was your car stolen and did you file a police report? No, when I went to sleep, it was in my driveway and it was there the next morning when I went to work! In this case it you decide to take it to court and lose, then you get the points and higher insurance rates.
As the Kingsport BMA debates the future of red-light revenue cameras, I wonder how they would feel if the above happen to them.
See over 90 posts from this blog concerning Red-Light Cameras
Members of the Tennessee General Assembly misled into voting to authorize state-run freeway work zone speed camera program.
Sen Tim BurchettThe Tennessee General Assembly on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation authorizing the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and Tennessee Highway Patrol to ticket motorists on interstate freeway work zones using automated cameras. Although many members in the House and Senate expressed strong opposition to the concept of photo enforcement, the authorization measure passed by an overwhelmingly 80 to 10 margin in the House and 28 to 0 in the Senate. The support was due in no small part to the bill’s wording, which granted authority to deploy cameras in the guise of restricting them.
“No surveillance cameras shall be permitted on federal interstate highways except for Smart Way cameras, other intelligent transportation system cameras or, when employees of the department or construction workers are present, surveillance cameras used to enforce or monitor traffic violations within work zones designated by the department of transportation; provided, that such cameras shall be operated only by a state entity,” House Bill 1202 states.
Read more via Tennessee Authorizes Statewide Freeway Speed Camera Program.
Public complaints force Livingston Parish, Louisiana to refund 2488 tickets issued at unfair speed camera trap.
Motorists caught in a notorious speed camera trap on Interstate 12 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana had their tickets canceled last month. After numerous public complaints, officials were forced to admit 2488 citations were unfairly issued between January 26 and February 5, according to the Baton Rouge Business Report.
Read more via Louisiana: 2488 Refunds from Unfair Speed Camera Trap.
