Absolutely: YOU MUST GO TO COURT AND FIGHT THE TICKET.
FYI...These traffic cameras are not owned and operated by the cities or counties, but private companies that service, maintain and process the pictures and videos.
To wit, I received a ticket from a traffic camera (in El Monte) and even recalled seeing the flash and believed that it must have been taking a photo of another vehicle since I had violated any traffic laws. To my suprise, I recieved a ticket about 2 weeks later with a website address included for me to view the video footage of my violation. I KNEW that I hadn’t committed an infraction, and went to the website, viewed the “footage” and realized that it was BS ticket because the camera was not properly calibrated nor was the photo accurately reviewed by some private, minimum wage jackass. It was obvious from the video that I had made a complete stop prior to making a right-hand turn on a red-light. I went to court and contested the ticket. The judge was familiar with this particular camera and believed it was probably bogus as well, and then waived the ticket.
So fight the damn ticket. It’s probably bogus. It’s just unfortunate that so many people are so damn weak-kneed about it and don’t fight it, which is why these cameras are so damn popular.
I agree. EVERYBODY should fight these damn things. Flood the courts with not guilty pleas and this crap would stop.
fraudsters could just send people fake bills and demand payment of a ticket fine and they would collect.
Our town installed six of these bloody cameras. They got lots of bad press because of similar rulings to yours (case thrown out) so they “fixed” the problem - by prohibiting ‘right turn on red’ turns altogether. The bastards!