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Red light cameras tag thousands for undeserved tickets [Chicago]
Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/18/2014 | David Kidwell and Alex Richards

Posted on 07/18/2014 8:22:50 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: doc1019

Hacksaws, .22s, and maybe flaming tires are the proper response to traffic cameras.


21 posted on 07/18/2014 9:37:11 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: markomalley

How to beat red light ticket: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/effectively-beat-red-light-camera-ticket/

Friend in Chi-town just received ticket and sending similar worded response.


22 posted on 07/18/2014 9:48:07 PM PDT by TheBigJ
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To: markomalley

I live in central Illinois, about 180 miles from Chicago. About 40 years ago, the city of Chicago sent me a parking ticket. At that time, I had never been in Chicago in my life. I found out that they were sending them out randomly, all over the state.

Some people actually paid them.


23 posted on 07/18/2014 9:54:17 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (cations, you know.)
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To: markomalley

Bump for later when I get a red light ticket


24 posted on 07/18/2014 10:13:54 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: markomalley

Times are getting tough for the red light and speeding camera crowd. Americans refused to play their game.


25 posted on 07/18/2014 10:16:15 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The future must not belong to those who slander bacon.)
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To: Viennacon

Nice


26 posted on 07/18/2014 10:35:08 PM PDT by suijuris
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To: markomalley

This actually sounds like in most of the cases the camera operated properly, but the reviewer wasn’t aware that a turn after full stop is legal. In some states, there’s no turn on red, in others the full stop has to be before the limit line. If the first reviewer wasn’t applying the right standard for Chicago, then the second reviewer could have just been signing off on anything thrown in front of her for years, and that wouldn’t have shown up until the first reviewer started screwing up. One of those cases where it’s not an independent review if they’re both applying the wrong standard or if one of them isn’t actually doing a review at all.

My city dumped the cameras because they weren’t effective and we were losing money on them. We didn’t get many bounced out of court, primarily because the citation couldn’t be issued until a cop reviewed the tape.


27 posted on 07/18/2014 10:45:16 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: markomalley

Traffic cameras should be an anethma to every American.

They violate the Bill of Rights and are demonstrably a tool to create revenue rather than decrease behavior, such as running a red light.


28 posted on 07/19/2014 8:04:36 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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...allegations that the city's longtime red light camera manager took bribes from the camera company.

It's the Chicago Way!

29 posted on 07/19/2014 8:41:05 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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