National Motorists Association Blog

Curated by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director

The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our supporters in a more coherent up-to-date fashion.  

We love to hear from you about the report. Please feel free to comment below the post.

ATE Racket Report Story of the Week

• License Plate Readers: Newest Crime Fighting Tool or Oversold?

National ATE Racket Report Headlines

• The Growing Transportation Surveillance Control Grid (video report)
• NY Senator Chuck Schumer pushing for federal funding for school bus stop-arm cameras
• Opinion: Here’s a Way Forward on Facial Recognition

International ATE Racket Report Headlines

• Canada: Edmonton traffic prosecutors tightening reins for photo radar ticket reductions
• Report throws cold water on red-light cameras in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
• Ireland: Speed camera operators to go on strike on November 7th

TheNewspaper.com Headlines

• Redflex Paints $8.6 Million Loss As A Win
• Florida Lawsuit Against License Plate Readers Advances
• Australia, France, UK: Speed Cameras In Flames

The MassPrivatel Blog Posts

• Weekly Privacy/Civil Rights News Stories for 11.4.19
• Aruba’s Facial Recognition will identify 2 million Tourists at Car Rental Stations, Hotels and the Airport

State and Local ATE Racket Report Headlines

Arizona

• Phoenix police, city working on ways to add more red-light cameras

Florida

• Florida Lawsuit Against License Plate Readers Advances
• Family hit with red-light ticket in Tampa claims officer gave them right of way in a crash scene accident situation (video report)

Illinois

• Bipartisan support building for Rep. McSweeney’s bill to ban red-light cameras in Illinois
• Red-Light Camera ban in Illinois: HB3909 under consideration

Iowa

• Automated school zone traffic enforcement cameras coming to Independence, IA

Louisiana

• New Orleans: Over 3,500 automated tickets issued on portion of Louisiana Avenue inaccurately marked as school zone

New Mexico

• Two ABQ city councilors want to bring back red-light cameras

New York

• NYPD Publishes Long-Sought Body Camera Footage Policy
• Suffolk County, NY: Berland And Gavilla Clash On Red-Light Cameras

Ohio

• East Liverpool community to vote this week on speed camera usage

Pennsylvania

• Mobile radar and cameras start tracking work-zone speeders next week in Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Pawtucket ends warning period for speed cams

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Tests Technology That Could Make Roads Safer for Cyclists (Police use Radar and Cameras–not really new)

Texas

• Texas City Misleads Public On Red-Light Camera Payments

Wisconsin

• WI Bill AB365 would allow automated traffic enforcement, red-light cameras to target reckless drivers

That’s this week’s ATE Racket Report. If you want to fight automated traffic enforcement or ATE in your town, county, or state, check out these NMA resources:

Check out the NMA Facebook Page called the ATE Racket Report

We are currently building a closed Facebook Group called the ATE Racket Report Discussion Group for local and state activists to have a space to discuss best practices and ask questions.

Here are links to several NMA Issue Pages:

• Red-Light Cameras
• Speed Cameras

Also, here are a number of NMA Blogs posts that might be of interest!

• 10 Reasons to Oppose Red-Light Cameras
• How to fight Red-Light Cameras in Your Neck of the Woods
• Build a Ballot Petition Campaign against Red-Light Cameras
• The “Gold Standard” for Red-Light Camera Accident Analysis
• The Truth About Speed Cameras: They Don’t Work
• Ticket Cameras Create Major Due Process Concerns