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To: Cagey

The focus is on the wrong part of the story. It is not if this product will block a License Pate, the story should be on the illegality of “Red Light Cameras.” Notice that the owner of the car is give a ticket, regardless of who is driving. What if there are identical twins, and one borrows the car and runs the light? They say that if you were not driving to tell them who was. So now they want you to report someone else which is not the job of the owner. There is no do process because one cannot questions the Camera. What if there were extenuating circumstances, like waiting to make a left turn, or there was a traffic delay that caused you to be stuck in the intersection? In addition, the company that owns the cameras get a cut of the ticket money. So it is in there best interest to catch more people. In fact one company was tried for adjusting the stop lights and cameras to create more runners than would happen naturally.
No this is part of the Government Media complex. Create an illegal ticket scheme to rise money then use the press to push it.


7 posted on 03/19/2006 1:26:15 PM PST by Exton1
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To: Exton1
The red light camera raises a very real constitutional question of the right to confront and cross examine your accuser. Even if traffic ordinances have been transformed into county administrative matters, there must be the right to demand a jury trial when it involves a detriment of a fine, penal jeopardy or points on one's license. The government cannot lawfully simply announce that a traffic fine and license points are not penalties by their own ''because I say so.'' This scheme is a great scam and bondoggle by the companies selling this snake oil device.

The local governments' hope is to create an effective ''in terrorem'' effect and cash in on those vehicle owners (whether having been the driver or not) who would rather write the check and mail it in than spend the time and inconvenience at a crowded local traffic court with some failed lawyer as an uncaring, hardened and police oriented JP or municipal judge. The attempt at oppression and tyranny has devolved to the city hall who, like most levels of government, considers due process and constitutional immunities as merely quaint antiquities taught in junior high civics class.

11 posted on 03/19/2006 1:56:37 PM PST by middie (ath.)
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To: Exton1

Some towns are tired of pulling crushed bodies out of crushed SUVs crushed by collisions at redlight intersections.


13 posted on 03/19/2006 3:32:16 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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