Posted on 05/29/2024 4:09:11 PM PDT by george76
For comparison, the Morrison Police Department issued a total of 1,700 speeding citations in 2023..
MORRISON, Colo. — In its first two weeks, the Town of Morrison's new automated radar camera issued more than 10,000 tickets to speeding drivers, according to Morrison Police Chief Bill Vinelli.
The camera is permanently stationed at Bear Creek Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue. With a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour along Bear Creek Avenue, the eastbound camera automatically captures the license plate of drivers going 35 mph or more..
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Tickets are then mailed directly to drivers.
The camera was installed earlier this year and only issued warnings during its first 60 days. It officially began issuing tickets on May 8.
According to Chief Vinelli, in its first two weeks, the camera issued more than 10,000 tickets. For comparison, the Morrison Police Department issued a total of 1,700 speeding citations in 2023.
"This is averaging 1.32 tickets per minute," Vinelli told Denver7
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With so many violations, Vinelli said the town had to jump to a higher data plan to store all the tickets.
Each ticket is $40, meaning the camera brought in more than $400,000 during that two-week period.
"The town's not doing it to make money. The town is doing it because of the tourist attraction that Morrison brings or is," Vinelli said.
Some Morrison residents believe drivers who are ticketed will not pay the fines.
"They're tourists. They don't know the speed limits. They're going to Red Rocks. And those people aren't going to pay the tickets," said one local.
The people in North Scottsdale are very wealthy.
Politicians respond to wealthy constituents.
I hope the courts throw these out, force them to refund everyone, and pay legal costs, plus the cost of canceling the for-profit contract with the vendor. Make them pay dearly for this unconstitutional profit-motivated crime.
ALL payments donated to DNC.
Avoid Morrison if there is a concert at Red Rocks. Traffic is insane.
I think most speed and red light cameras are leased from private companies. The companies receive a large portion of the fines collected. I don’t know if that’s the case here.
Sort of like with Randy Weaver where his mailed summons to appear had the incorrect date and the court ruled that the incorrect date was no excuse for him not showing up to court on the correct date.
In the UK they necklace the speed cameras.
Nope, it seams the legality the camera is state dependent now. Virginia has approved this too and I got hit last year for a 100.00 ticket. My town is looking at placing them in school zones. The test was done and around 30% of the cars were speeding with active flashing lights. It’s the future, now.
All the legal stuff aside, Americans should not be forced to learn to live under an automated all seeing eye that monitors their movements and administers law onto them.
This is Commierado.
Yes you can. You question an officer in court about the chain of custody of the camera and how it operates- so long as the officer understands how the camera basically works. That is how you get around the confrontation issue. Otherwise, body worn camera, security cameras, and photos would never be admitted.
So the people in that area should not longer have to pay local income or property taxes since these new funds will pay for those.
That’s what I’d like to know.
Residents should douse it in gasoline and light it up - even the pansy Limeys do that to theirs.
That doesn’t surprise me.
Same here, but in Spain. I think the rental car company put it on my credit card!
Speed cameras... You can’t confront your accuser and the owner gets the ticket regardless of who’s driving.
Makes no sense whatsoever.
There’s a camera in DC where the speed limit goes from 55 to 25 in under 100 feet.
$250 fine. The camera pulls in $13,000,000 in “safety” a year.
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