Red Light Cameras
Introduction
Thu, 10/11/2007 - 07:54 — cowardly_copsI don't know about your community, but in Norman, Oklahoma, the police force gets a little more invasive every day. Unmarked traffic patrol cars, traffic surveillance cameras and road blocks are all a part of life. I've started analyzing what the community actually benefits by having unmarked patrol cars, and the conclusion that I've reached is that we might as well just have another tax. For all the privacy we give up, revenue is the only real benefit that the community receives.
Minnesota refuses to refund illegally collected fines.
Tue, 09/25/2007 - 02:34 — cowardly_copsIn 2005, the city of Minneapolis began using red-light cameras. Red light cameras are positioned at stop lights to take pictures of the license plates of vehicles that run the red light.
The city mailed out fines to the car owners, and required the owners to sign the form and return it with a $142 fine, or face an arrest warrant. Many car owners were outraged when they recieved their ticket in the mail, claiming that they were not driving the car at the time of the infraction.
