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Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos

Posted by timothy on from the reasonable-doubt-indeed dept.

SEWilco writes "A businessman has challenged automated tickets of his vehicles by calculating the vehicle speed based upon the tickets, which include timestamps of two photos." Maybe more word problems should be on the police academy curriculum.

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  1. The obvious response... by Bobfrankly1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    which include timestamps of two photos.

    The obvious response? They will start sending ONE timestamped photo.

  2. But the judge let other tickets stand by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real travesty here is that the judge let other tickets issued by the same devices stand after it was demonstrated to him that they are not reliable. If there is reason to believe that the device was wrong in one case, there is reason to believe that it was wrong in every case.

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  3. Interesting bit from the article by manekineko2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "In Prince George’s County, cameras are operated entirely by municipalities, which can set them up within half-mile school zones. The devices are installed by vendors that typically receive about 40 percent of the payout on each ticket, with the rest going to local, county and state government."

    How could anyone have thought that this was a good idea? If the only thing the private corps are doing is the installation, why are they getting 40% of all future proceeds? If the private corps are doing the on-going process of operating and maintaining the cameras, then you just incentivized them to do whatever causes more tickets to be mailed out.

    My guess is that it's the later, and the local municipalities are more than happy to incentivize the private corps to break the law, since they're getting 60% cuts. Then, when scandals like this one break out, they wash their hands of the matter and say we didn't know what was happening, it was that corrupt private contractor.

  4. Re:camera con? by alexo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lengthening the time of the amber light decreases accidents without the trade-off.

  5. Re:Maybe by shmlco · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the rich are free to speed as much as they want, only because they can afford to do so?

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