Police Captain Says GPS Angel Helps Drivers Be More Careful Portland Oregon TV Station KOIN reported a positive review of the GPS Angel, and interviewed Portland Police Captain Eric Hendricks, the head of the Bureau’s traffic division. Captain Hendricks actually likes what he learned about the legal GPS Angel and had this to say: “I [...]
Many people have suspected it for a while, but the Chicago Tribune now confirms that yellow lights in the Chicago area are actually in fact shorter than in the suburbs by 35%. This may be the one of the reasons that the city is making so much money off of the Chicago red light cameras [...]
A poll in today’s Orlando Sentinel shows 78% of the Florida residents (more than 5000 respondents) oppose red light cameras. The #1 vote was against red light camera enforcement because “There’s too much potential to get it wrong, and using cameras reeks of Big Brother.” Add Your Vote See The Latest Results Avoid tickets from [...]
Tickets From Red Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, and Speed Traps The National Motorists Association (www.motorists.org), a motorists’ rights organization, has identified 7 places focused on red light camera and speed camera ticket revenue that drivers may want to avoid over Labor Day weekend. With tight budgets, many cities have turned to traffic tickets to generate [...]
Two speed cameras in Australia ticketed 71,288 motorists and generated $7 million dollars (Australian) from June 2008 to June 2009. At current exchange rates, that’s about $2.8 million US dollars PER camera. Now you can see one of the reasons why cities and states are eager to roll out speed cameras. Read More
Have you ever wondered how a red light camera works? The Chicago Tribune has 10 interesting facts about red light camera photo enforcement as explained to them from the operators of the cameras themselves – RedSpeed and Redflex Traffic Systems. It includes answers to these questions: How do red light cameras work? Who is liable [...]
CameraFraud has an interesting post about the powerful lobbying efforts that Redflex (one of the leading photo enforcement equipment manufacturers) used to get red light cameras back into Virginia. Virginia Beach red light cameras ended their grace period this week and motorists caught on camera will receive tickets.
Yes they’re coming. No they’re not coming. Seems that every day there’s a reversal of fortune for Maryland drivers. On April 1st the new speed camera rollout seemed shot down only to be revived on April 2nd. Now, despite overwhelming opposition by Maryland residents, it does seem that there’s going to be more Maryland speed [...]
The driver of an 86 year old Ford Model T received a speed camera ticket for driving 5 mph over the speed limit. The car is so old that it doesn’t even have a speedometer. I didn’t think it could do 30 mph. When it was new it could do 46 mph but it’s nearly [...]
It’s going to cost you $25 more if you get caught by a red light camera in New Mexico as the legislation raised red light ticket fines from $75 to $100. Facing increased budgetary pressure, the New Mexico state Legislature this week adopted legislation that will increase the cost of red light camera fines by [...]
