My questions are:
1. Does your state/province have photo radar?
2. Has it ever? (I'm pretty sure Colorado stopped using them, and Ontario as well)
3. What stops them parking one on the side of an interstate and generating HUGE amounts of cash based on the FHWA's comments above...
4. Is the reason for not having them the presumed guilty until proven innocent method of infringement ticketing?
Russell C.
They had it for a while in PA, just on one stretch of the turnpike. Everyone knew the camera was there. I don't know if they still have them.
In PA the license are on the back of the car only. (Thank bog). I think they took front and back pictures of the vehicles. Most comments I heard were, what if there are multiple cars, how can you tell who is speeding, cars changing lanes...a few things like that.
This is the other side of Chad Cooper's arguments. I got my license plate picture taken, for being in the wrong lane exiting the turnpike, using the EZ-pass lane without EZ-pass. It was an "Oh sh*t' moment when I realized it. I just didn't notice the signs, stupid mistake. I couldn't back up because an 18 wheeler was behind me. Going around wouldn't have made a difference. Now what sucks is, I tried five ways to Sunday to pay my fine ahead of time, to try and reduce the costs. They just wouldn't accept it. When I got the fine, it was just the back of the truck showing the license plate. Now here is the important part: basically it was up to me to show that my truck was stolen or I had loaned it to someone, to get them to pay me for the fine. I had to pay the fine no matter what, it was my vehicle (unless it was stolen). Now since no driving points are involved, maybe that is no big deal. But if speeding and the fine was 100+, I'd fight the legality of it.
To make it worse, I paid the fine....then got a letter saying I didn't and $5 was added. I had paid it right away. When I got the canceled check back, it was dated received one day after the fine was due, and my second letter was printed that same day. I sent a second check in right away, for the new full amount, and that has not been cashed yet, the due date was May 30th.
Kevin T. - VRWC Time for a bike ride, no fines on those.
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