Radar detectors, speed cameras and speeding fines
Posted in New South Wales on Jun 23rd, 2009
One of the state’s most senior traffic policemen has denied highway patrol officers were developing a culture of concealment to trap speeding motorists on the F3 Freeway in 2006 that went against standing orders and put police at risk, an inquest has heard. Not so, according to local motorists.
The denial came yesterday on the second [...]
Posted in UK on Jun 20th, 2009
Official in West Dorset, England will refund a total of 24,889 speed camera tickets worth £1,493,340 (US $2.5 million) that were improperly issued over the course of a decade. The Dorset Speed Camera Partnership yesterday gave up its four-year battle to hold onto the £60 (US $100) tickets issued at a location where the speed [...]
Posted in Western Australia on Jun 4th, 2009
The Road Safety Council has condemned police in Western Australia for refusing to issue traffic fines because of a pay dispute.
Police are pushing for a 15 per cent pay rise over three years, but have been offered 9.5 per cent.
The Union has directed its members not to issue traffic fines and to only issue summonses [...]
Posted in USA on Jun 4th, 2009
Figures from the Montgomery Police Department, show a whopping $15 million generated in revenue during the current fiscal year, equating to around $1.5 million each month.
At an average of $40 a ticket, that means 37,500 speed camera citations per month are being paid to the Montgomery County.
Analyzing this further, the 60 Montgomery County’s speed cameras [...]
Posted in USA on Jun 4th, 2009
You may already have seen an ominous looking radar and camera perched atop a traffic light in your neighborhood. And almost all drivers have seen a patrol car cruising a freeway looking for speeders, or a law-enforcement officer standing at the side of a road wielding a radar gun.
But most have yet to see a [...]
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