Nearly every quarter of the year, a class action moves forward fighting automated camera tickets. The latest is a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, one of the most notorious municipalities that generate millions from speed traps. A local TV news investigation uncovered in recent reports that one speed camera raked in more than $34 […]
195 Blog Posts From the Speed Traps Tag
Defeating Automated Cameras via Lawsuits
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August 5, 2020
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Automated Traffic Cameras, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Black Boxes, DUE PROCESS, Policing for Profit, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, traffic stops, Traffic Tickets
Are Small Towns Addicted to Traffic Fines and Fees?
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July 17, 2020
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Automated Traffic Enforcement, NMA, Parking, parking tickets, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Traps, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine and instead appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #592 in May 2020. The information here pertained primarily to life before the COVID-19 crisis. Still, we believe traffic fines and fees will be even more of an issue for small towns (and […]
Speed traps have an impact
Massachusetts continues its speeding ticket blitz and people are dying. Before the ticketing rampage fatal accidents were down in absolute numbers but up relative to the amount of traffic. Now they are up in absolute numbers too: 17 in the first three weeks of May compared to 14 in the same period last year. But […]
Open roads and speed traps
This week’s ignorance of the law award goes to the Massachusetts State Police, who said “Open roads are not a license to speed.” In fact open roads are a license to speed. Massachusetts has what is known as a prima facie speed law. Exceeding the speed limit is not against the law. Under ordinary conditions […]
A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 1: Driving in America
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April 10, 2020
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DISCOVERY, DUI/DWI, FOIA, LASER, NMA, PUBLIC RECORDS, RADAR, RADAR DETECTOR, Seventh Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: A Refresher Course on Ticket-Fighting Part 1 first appeared as a NMA Newsletter #336. If you would like to receive our weekly Email Newsletter, please join the NMA today! Helping NMA members fight traffic tickets is foundational to the NMA mission. Over the years we’ve collected lots of tips and suggestions for getting […]
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