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Old January 12th 05, 10:21 PM
abbygale
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Default *** Fighting a minor ticket ( Making left turn from center lane AZ)

Two years ago I was getting photo-radar tickets every three months.
Then I saw a FOX News report that showed how well this PHOTOBLOCKER
spray worked. It showed Denver police Department testing it and cops
actually called it surprisingly effective.
I have tested the spray myself. I triggered one of these nasty cameras
intentionally one early morning when there was nobody around. I saw the
flash go off but I have yet to receive any tickets. It is a nice
feeling to know that I am not driving naked. These cameras are not for
safety they are all about revenue. I have donated enough money to the
local police department. They are not going to get me again for driving
5 miles over the speed limit.

See for yourself. They have the police test results on their web site
www.phantomplate.com

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Old January 13th 05, 06:00 PM
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I cant get to your website, is there something wrong with it

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Old January 13th 05, 06:00 PM
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I cant get to your website, is there something wrong with it

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Old February 4th 05, 10:37 PM
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This might be to your interest,

1/27/2005

Virginia DOT Study Shows Cams Increase Injury Accidents
The Virginia Transportation Research Council studied all of the state
red light camera programs and found an overall increase in injury
accidents.

A brand new, exhaustive study of all seven Virginia red light camera
programs shows an overall increase in injury accidents has occurred
where the devices are installed. The study was performed by The
Virginia Transportation Research Council at the request of the state
transportation secretary. The report also notes a fatal flaw in the
Virginia's camera law -- motorists can ignore any ticket received in
the mail. Only tickets that are personally served matter (the same
thing happened in Arizona).

Despite a distinct sympathy in favor of camera enforcement, the
researchers found a "definite" increase in rear-end accidents and only
a "possible" decrease in angle accidents. Most importantly, the net
effect was that more injuries happened after cameras are installed.
Camera proponents explain this away by asserting angle accidents are
more serious, but this claim has not been scientifically studied
according to this report. The rear end collisions caused by the cameras
still produce injuries -- the original promise of camera proponents was
that they would reduce accidents and injuries, not rearrange them.

This study agrees with long-term findings in Australia and North
Carolina.

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Key Statistic:
Further analysis indicated that the cameras are contributing to a
definite increase in rear-end crashes, a possible decrease in angle
crashes, a net decrease in injury crashes attributable to red light
running, and an increase in total injury crashes. Page xiii

Summary of Empirical Bayes Method (Level 4 Analysis)

[Editor's note: only Fairfax County data reflects the most rigorous
analysis. Other cities did not provide volume, yellow time, and data on
other key factors.] The latter half of Appendix D shows the results of
an Empirical Bayes analysis for Fairfax County crash data only. These
results suggest the following:

The cameras are correlated with an increase in total crashes of 8% to
17%.
The cameras are correlated with an increase in rear-end crashes related
to the presence of a red light; the increase ranges between 50% and
71%.
The cameras are correlated with a decrease in crashes attributable to
red light running, and the decrease is between 24% and 33%.
The cameras are correlated with a decrease in injury crashes
attributable to red light running, with the decrease being between 20%
and 33%.
The cameras are correlated with an increase in total injury crashes,
with the increase being between 7% and 24%.
Page 28

....but it obscures the that only a small percentage of crashes are
attributable to red light running. Data from Virginia's Department of
Motor Vehicles, for example, suggested that in 1998 (a year when no red
light cameras were in operation), only 3.3% of all crashes involved a
driver who "ran traffic control" (DMV, 1999). Page 124



Article Excerpt:

There is a practical issue with regard to issuing citations for red
light running: the Code of Virginia requires that an in-person summons,
rather than certified mail, be used to compel an individual to appear
in court. Because of the high cost of delivering summonses outside
Virginia, this requirement could make the programs administratively
difficult for some localities if it became commonly known that only an
in-person summons can require a vehicle owner either to pay the penalty
or to appear in court. However, the program can still legally continue
in its present form without a change in the Code. Page xii

A Fairfax County assessment showed a 40% reduction in accidents after 3
months of camera operation (Ruby and Hobeika, 2003). A limitation of
the study, however, was that it covered only a 3-month period. Further,
the study did not account for the changes in the yellow time while the
impact of the cameras was examined. Page 13

The one surviving legal worry actually turns out to be a practical
problem, generated by the interaction of the notice provisions in the
enabling statute and the Commonwealth's other service requirements.
Because the mere mailing of a ticket without personal service by a law
enforcement officer does not constitute sufficient notice under the
statute's own terms, successful enforcement may require personal
in-hand service if the accused fails to either pay the penalty or come
to court. Although the statute permits the jurisdiction to make the
initial attempt to summon the accused to court via mail, if the person
fails to respond, he or she is not considered to have been
satisfactorily served with notice. However, personal service on all
violators is obviously a very expensive proposition, involving many
personnel hours, and would defeat one of the primary motivating factors
for employing automated detection systems in the first place-a
reduction in the number of officers required to enforce red light laws.
Thus, unless a jurisdiction is willing to devote resources to
implementing extensive in-hand service, citations mailed for red light
camera violations become essentially unenforceable. The average citizen
is probably not aware of this loophole, but if word were widely
disseminated, such knowledge could completely undermine the
effectiveness of red light camera programs, as citations issued to
violators would lose their practical impact. Again, this is a
practical, but not legal, challenge. Page 17

Source: Evaluation of Red Light Camera Enforcement Programs in Virginia
(The Virginia Transportation Research Council, 1/27/2005)

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Old February 4th 05, 10:41 PM
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Here is the direct link sorry i forgot earlier

http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/news.asp?ID=117

 




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