Can Missouri Red-Light Camera Tickets Be Thrown Away?
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 25 Comments »Recent news reports out of St. Louis, Missouri seem to suggest that it's safe to ignore red-light camera tickets in certain parts of the state. The Columbia Missourian explains: "Because most red-light cameras take a picture only of the car — not ...
Why Don’t Politicians Care About Transportation Issues?
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 6 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President In what has to be history’s longest political campaign, I have yet to hear anything meaningful about public policies that directly affect motorists. Sure, there have been inane and uneducated comments stimulated by major events, like the ...
Local School Board Wants Ticket Camera Cash
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 6 Comments »In 2006, North Carolina's second-highest court ruled that, under the state constitution, cities had to give 90 percent of ticket camera revenue to the public school system. Because the true appeal of ticket cameras is revenue, this ruling caused the ...
Increased Yellow Light Times Make Ticket Cameras Unnecessary
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 3 Comments »As a follow-up to our last post on short yellow light times, a local newspaper in Denver reports that the city is reconsidering its plan to install red-light cameras after the paper's investigation revealed short yellow light times across ...
6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times For Profit
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 126 Comments »Short yellow light times at intersections have been shown to increase the number of traffic violations and accidents. Conversely, increasing the yellow light duration can dramatically reduce red-light violations at an intersection. Some local governments have ignored the safety benefit ...
The 4 Types Of Red Light Violations And How To Stop Them
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 19 Comments »By Jim Baxter, NMA President Intersection safety issues usually break down into four general problem areas. Each of these situations has unique qualities that defy a universal solution. 1) Red light violations just at the moment of signal change. These are the bread ...
When The Money Disappears, So Do The Ticket Cameras
Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 38 Comments »From The Daily World in Aberdeen, Washington on January 24, 2008: “If you don’t want a ticket, don’t run a red light,” said Councilwoman Margo Shortt, who felt safety should trump everything else and the ...
Red-Light Camera Mistakenly Tickets Soldier Serving In Iraq
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 37 Comments »The majority of people are at least somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of a machine like a red-light camera writing traffic tickets on its own. Realizing this, cities that install ticket cameras always assure concerned citizens that the ...
"National Campaign To Stop Red Light Running" Is A Sham Organization
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 4 Comments »It's like they're not even trying to hide it anymore. This is from the current front page of their website advertising a "Focus On Safety" Symposium in Florida back in October: Take a closer look at the three "hosts": ACS, Redflex, and ...
Red-Light Cameras Increase Accidents: 5 Studies That Prove It
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 52 Comments »The NMA has been contending that red-light cameras (RLCs) are a detriment to motorist safety for many years. People, both in the media and in the general public, often dismiss this claim as opinion, suggest that there isn't enough data ...
