They do both. Over 90% fewer accidents at intersections after installing red light cameras near me.
WBAL TV Baltimore: Speed cameras to start enforcement in I-95 work zone.
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In my state the law says they cannot shorten the timing. How to prove it? I think I read about some guy that spent hours timing them and made a stink and won from somewhere in the USA.
After having issues with "the system", I don't trust the process. I think they probably do reduce crashes significantly (data shows it and me driving the same route every day and rarely seeing a crash vs monthly detours due to crashes before install) but if they're going to suspend a license for an unpaid traffic ticket they need to serve the papers better than plain old unreliable mail.
If parked at an expired parking meter there is a human witness (a parking enforcement officer) who can testify that they actually witnessed your vehicle parked in a specific place at a specific time and the meter had expired. That witness can be confronted and questioned in court if you believe the ticket was improper and decide to challenge it. (I've done this, and successfully.)
The issue is if say one were to receive an automated ticket and the camera is the only evidence that a crime was committed, who is the witness that actually saw the event take place? Who can be confronted and questioned in court as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment in that case? Perhaps subpoena the CEO of the camera manufacturer and the company's development team for questioning?
Studies show they tend to reduce t-bone style accidents, which are more dangerous, but increase rear end collisions.
Good point but think you are going too deeply or not deep enough.
You are being fined as your vehicle is photographed going through a red light and as we learned some states actually photograph the driver too.
You can fight the fine, that is your right, the method you choose to do so is up to you.
Driving a vehicle is not a right, it is a privilege, the rules to use the public roadways are established and run by the agencies that, we the people put in charge to do so. The public decides you will be subject to red light or speeding cameras if driving on public roads. You will be fined and you do have the right to fight the fine.
Should be pointed out that the city (Manassas, VA) going crazy with red light cameras still has a bunch of intersections with the "yellow trap" that they have never fixed.
But it's all about safety, right?
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But it's all about safety, right?
Yellow trap - Wikipedia
Irrelevant. The federal constitution sets limits on what "we the people" and the states can decide to do. "We the people" have no right to deny anyone the right to confront the witnesses against them in court. This is enshrined in the 6th Amendment, which is the supreme law of the land and superior to any agency. So, I ask once again: in the case of automated law enforcement who is the witness you have the right to question in court?
As far as court decisions and legislative policies, those vary by state. Some have rejected camera-based enforcement as not constitutional, or at least not desirable, and some have rubber-stamped the practice. It would most likely take a federal Supreme Court decision to settle the issue nationwide.
This is according to our city's data. They installed them at the highest accident rate intersections. And accidents are rare now. Rear ends or otherwise. But I'll tell ya what, light turns yellow and I'm on the brakes at these intersections.
These are also south of Baltimore on I-95, at least according to the signs.
In NY the camera ticket is the responsibility of the registered owner, doesn't matter who was driving. If the registered owner was not driving, they can ask the person driving to pay. It wouldn't surprise me if that is the way the law is written in other states.
Yes, this is correct. Driver has to pay, just like a parking ticket, its attached to the owner of the vehicle. No points against your license involved just a fine.
I live in manassas, and I see those new cameras go off ALL the time… especially the one on 28 and manassas drive right by the shell station.
That's Manassas Park. They need the ticket revenue from that camera to fund their new city hall.
When I was a judge in traffic court, I let it be known that I would never find a driver guilty of a driving offense if the only proof was a photograph. If the Commonwealth didn't have a human being to call as a witness the verdict would always be Not Guilty.
Yes...the "Work zones" that start a mile before any actual construction, end 2 miles after the end of the construction, and are in place a year before any work is done, and six months after the project is finished.
As it should be.
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