Well, the highlighted statement made me laugh. So, you get one of those things in the mail. You call them to contest it. You get told that a supervisor will contact you. Doesn't happen. You call back, and they apologize and repeat that a supervisor will contact you. Again, that never happens. So, you write them a letter detailing why you are contesting it. You never get an answer back. There is a set amount of time to contest the red light fine, and when it goes past that, they send it to collections. There is NO court, just some company doling out fines based on their (IMHO) rigged machines. At this point, you can guess how I know.doncb wrote:Generally, a LEO reviews the images / video to determine if a violation has occurred. I'll bet the marginal ones are not cited.
You do have due process in that you can contest the citation. The citation includes images. There is video which is where the images come from. The flash you see is for the camera taking a picture of the rear license plate.
The citation is sent to the registered owner of the car. If you loan your car to a friend and they run a red light, tell them they owe you the cost of the ticket and a $25 handling charge. Beyond that, don't loan your frickin car out.
By Texas law, a city can receive no more than 25% of the fine.
It's called paying attention and being aware of what is going on around you. If the light has been red for 2 or 3 seconds and you blow through you have no excuse.
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- Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:22 am
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Re: SB 88- Making red light camera tickets illegal
Posted below is an article about the City of Dallas and "short yellow" red-light cameras, from about a decade ago, though things haven't changed much in that time. Though the state has minimum times for yellow lights based on posted speeds and testing, the yellow light times at intersections with red-light cameras are often below the state minimums. Also, no human being can have the reflexes of a computer. As so many have said already, those cameras are NOT about safety, they are about revenue generation.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/20/2068.asp
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/20/2068.asp