[Reddon]

When they installed these in downtown Redding, I quit shopping there, and let the city council know why. Switched to nearby Anderson instead. These were installed supposedly to improve safety of a couple problem intersections, but they were clearly reveneue generators hyped by certain councilmen and the out-of-state company that operated the cameras. The fines were huge, and the city only got a small percentage of. The out-of-state camera operating company got to keep most of the revenue generated. Some people felt these cameras actually caused more accidents due to people slamming their breaks on yellow and getting rear ended because of fear of these cameras catching them in the intersection on red.

[momtothree]

I live in a county that has speed cameras and red light cameras everywhere! I do not believe anyone in our county has successfully fought it. IMHO, pay the ticket (or have her pay it) and be done with it. The ONLY good part of this whole mess is that it doesn’t carry points. It is essentially like a “parking” ticket. That is, the owner of the car (not the driver) is responsible for the fine. I personally believe that some areas reduce the amount of time between the yellow and red in order to “catch” more violators thus increasing their revenue but that is a whole new enchilada. IMHO.

[donna]

If you haven’t been officially served with a photo radar ticket, you can JUST THROW IT AWAY!

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[Atlas Sneezed]

If they don’t have any proof that you received the ticket, then ignore it.

[imskylark]

I’ve been wondering as well. My son said he was going through a green light and saw the flash. It flashed several times because several cars were going through that green light since it was GREEN. How on earth do you fight these things? Especially when you didn’t run a red light.

[Joe Boucher]

I have a hunch a whole lot of those cameras get shot from long distances by unhappy customers.
Not that I’m advocating that of course. :-)

[Jack Burton007]

She broke the law so she should pay it.

Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the dime.

[ExpatGator]

Shoot out the camera. Tit for tat.

[Lazamataz]

Request a court date. When the day comes, go to court, like a boss.
Act possessed, like a boss.
Kick and thrash, like a boss.
Yell obscenities, like a boss.
Attack the judge, like a boss.
Go for the ballif's gun, like a boss.
strip your clothes off, like a boss.
Grow 12 feet tall, like a boss.
Tear the ceiling off, like a boss.
Turn into a jet, like a boss.
Bomb the Russians, like a boss.
Crash into the sun, like a boss.

Now you're dead. Like a boss.

[cornfedcowboy]

Send them a photo of a check.

[mongrel]

This site is California specific, but also has a lot of good general information. http://www.highwayrobbery.net/

I believe Freepers should fight red light camera tickets as they are an overreach of government and do not contribute road safety in any way. It has been documented that many cities shorten yellow lights to unsafe lengths. As locals become aware, they’re doing sudden stops and causing numerous rear-end collisions from the unaware. Check out this article from Dick Armey’s office: http://www.motorists.org/red-light-cameras/armeyreport.pdf

[teeman8r]

visit your council and jot down the license plate numbers of all the councilpersons who voted for this...

then, photoshop license plates of all of them and print them out and place them on similar cars of the councilpersons...

run a redlight with these tags affixed to the car while holding a colt 45 bottle in front of your face atleast once a month...

repeat when necessary.

good luck.

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[zeugma]

My advise is to take a shotgun and whack every red-light camera you can find.

[Auntie Mame]

I got one, in California.

I studied up on it, and fought it and won, well, in a sense won because the cops saw it was going to be an incredible ordeal to defend their ticket they dismissed my case.

I started out going here and reading reading reading:

http://www.highwayrobbery.net/index.htm

Also, there’s a good book that I checked out of the library, go to Amazon and search for it.

Then this is what I did in order:
1. Called the ticketing police department and set an appointment to view the footage and get my “late time.” (If she reads that website she’ll know what “late time” is)
2. Asked for copies of the footage while at the police department and they said I’d need to request it in a letter, which I went home and wrote.
3. In the mean time I started spending my lunch hour, which I changed to 2:00-3:00 p.m. at traffic court to get a feel for what was going on there. — this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

And there’s more but if your daughter wants to put in the time, and if her ticket is $500 like mine was, it’s worth it, you can beat these.

Getting out of this ticket was one of the greatest things I’ve done. It’s been a couple years and I’m still bragging about it. Your daughter can feel this good, too, if she wants to.

[Hotmetal]

Mississippi got rid of all their “trafficScamras”. Ambulances were getting tickets and the drivers were being made to pay.