[Huntress]

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100302/BREAKING01/100302022/1007/NEWS01/Supreme+Court+tosses+red-light+camera+violation++says+city+ordinance+violates+state+law

[KoRn]

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[Dubya]

Good for them.

[ZULU]

This is just another scam which screws the general public by not really inicreasing motor vehicle safety, yet making the companies who produce these damn cameras rich on the take of their portion of the ticket prceeds.

Makes you wonder who the camera company executives are related to in the first place.

[onedoug]

So what was stopping appeals of these “administrative” processes to the “traditional criminal court system”?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Wichmer, who said there’s no estimate yet about what that could cost, also expressed his concern that some of the 8,000 people who have paid red light fines will seek reimbursement now that the process has been tossed. He said the city has collected $803,000 in fines to date.

Sucks to be that city...

[kalee]

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[Steamburg]

Damn, one of the best revenue scams ever. Gosh, it wasn’t about traffic safety after all. Does this really need a /sarc/ tag?

[BattleHymn]

Cheers, from Springfield! Glad to see these down. First, they didn’t have all of the yellow light timing synced to the same speed, and now this. I’m hoping my city council rep (Ibarra) does the right thing, and pushes for these cameras to take a permanent hike.

[o_zarkman44]

A close friend of mine was recently given a tour of the St Louis traffic control center. he says that center monitors ALL traffic cameras and sensors south of I-70, and is authorized by the MoDOT.

His description of the center, in his words, was Orwellian. The capabilities of the center to track, time, and survey motor vehicles in Missouri. The center monitors hundreds of traffic cameras aimed at specific intersections and has sensors that monitor speed, density etc. They can lock on to any vehicle, or GPS device and follow that vehicle across the state. They select random vehicles in intervals and follow them as a gauge of traffic speeds and density.

Red light cameras are a municipal item. But traffic cameras are monitored by the state, including homeland security.
There are hundreds of monitors at that St Louis center including cameras at airports, railroad bridges, highway intersection, river bridges, and many other locations.

When you drive in Missouri, smile. You may be on candid camera.

[bamahead]

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[elkfersupper]

I would have preferred that the liberty vigilantes had just jerked them down or burned them, but this suits me almost as well.

I hope the citizens know where their mayors and councilcritters who enacted this travesty live and work.