You have been denied to right to face your accuser in court. There is no accuser. It is a machine.
Broken red lights, right turn on red, and mistaken plate reading all result in phoney charges that would never be cited if an officer were present to ticket the driver instead.
On the upside, while human accusers can be wrong (intentionally or not), the camera doesn't lie. Machine and process problems tend to raise red flags.
Broken red lights, right turn on red, and mistaken plate reading all result in phoney charges that would never be cited if an officer were present to ticket the driver instead.
Errors in the process were covered in my caveat # 2 in the preceding post.
These systems have been installed in many places over the past few years. Surely the vendors/authorities have learned from and done something to correct any initial shortcomings in all this time (e.g. right turn on red).
Again, if it can be demonstrated that these things are reasonably error-free, I'd be willing to give them a chance. If I'm one who on occasion runs "orange" lights, I'd definitely stop doing it.